Over the last few months, The View from Fez has posted many articles on the issue of women in Islam. For those who have an interest in the subject, the Public Broadcasting Service in the USA has a program in the WIDE ANGLE series that is worth a look.
The program is called Class of 2006 and there are five parts that you can watch on-line:
Moroccan women break taboos Running time: 7:30
The historic graduation Running time: 13:00
Reformers versus Islamists Running time: 6:35
A new spokeswoman live on primetime Running time: 6:21
Women as agents of change Running time: 10:28
The program is called Class of 2006 and there are five parts that you can watch on-line:
Moroccan women break taboos Running time: 7:30
The historic graduation Running time: 13:00
Reformers versus Islamists Running time: 6:35
A new spokeswoman live on primetime Running time: 6:21
Women as agents of change Running time: 10:28
Class of 2006In May 2006, an imam academy in the city of Rabat holds a graduation ceremony. But the class of 2006 is no ordinary group of students. Side by side with the male graduates are 50 women pioneers, among the first contemporary group of women to be officially trained as religious leaders in the Arab world. Empowered to do everything that male imams do -- except lead Friday prayer in a mosque -- the women will fan out across Morocco to work as spiritual guides in mosques, schools, hospitals, and prisons, even hosting their own television and radio talk shows.
Tags: Morocco Fes, Maghreb news
1 comment:
I took some notes when I watched this on TV - which I promptly lost, so I want to watch it again. However, I wanted to mention that "Mourchidat" translates as "guides." I don't think they said that in the episode I saw.
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