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1、1,Muslim Women are making short films,2,1. the general idea of the piece of news 2. the dictation,3,“I think that is incredibly empowering because mainstream media does tend to typecast and stereotype Muslims - and Muslim women in particular - under a certain garb and ideally this film festival will
2、 break some of those stereotypes.“,4,Dictation 2,“When you look at a country like Iran, or the women in Iran, from someplace like America, people see it as very exotic, or they see it as dangerous or scary, but when you live in a place like that, youre just living there, its your home and youre not
3、afraid,“ she says.,5,Online Film Contest Focuses on Muslim Women When human rights lawyer Catinca Tabacaru heard that someone was thinking about putting together a film festival about Muslim women, she knew she had to get involved. So, in January 2010, Tabacaru joined with philanthropist Leslie Sack
4、s and others to found Womens Voices Now, the non-profit organization behind “Womens Voices from the Muslim World - a Short-Film Festival.“,6,VOA - J. Taboh Human rights lawyer Catinca Tabacaru co-founded the non-profit organization which is sponsoring Womens Voices from the Muslim World - a Short-Fi
5、lm Festival. The goal of the festival says Tabacaru, is to present an unbiased and comprehensive look at how women of all faiths, including Muslims, are asserting their rights both within and outside the Islamic world. “Theres so much work being done in Muslim majority countries and by Muslim women
6、outside of those countries for womens rights,“ says Tabacaru. “There is a social movement happening and thats what we wanted to get behind.“,7,Festival Open to all filmmakers Filmmakers of all faiths and genders are invited to submit their films online. Once accepted into the competition, the films
7、will first be reviewed and rated by web users and then officially voted on by a panel of judges. By having the short films on line, people from all over the world will have a chance to watch them, comment on them, and even rate them. As festival organizers select the film lineup, Tabacaru says they
8、hope to present an unfiltered account of womens stories as well as,8,highlighting womens voices from across the Muslim world. “So what were exploring are women, womens rights, womens achievements, expansion of womens rights. Were non-religious, were non-political, but what weve created is a collecti
9、on of films about women who in some way are touched by Islam. And that is new,“ she says. It was especially important to her and the other festival organizers that some of the films focus on the positive contributions and accomplishments of Muslim women - and they do. “Were very used to hearing abou
10、t the Muslim woman as the victim, the oppressed, the veiled,“ she says. “What were seeing through this film festival is that were getting stories which we would have never dreamt of getting. They are about women doing things that, before doing this project, I would never have imagined.“,9,Films abou
11、t India New York City resident Vandana Sood is a 30-year-old Indian-born artist who entered a film in the competition. Her 21-minute documentary, “The Taxi Takes: Women and Islam,“ is about a Muslim woman taxi driver in Mumbai, India, who candidly discusses the controversial issue of the burka, or v
12、eil, with her fellow passengers. Sood says the festival has provided filmmakers like her with a unique opportunity to present a different perspective about Muslim women. “I think that is incredibly empowering because mainstream media does tend to typecast and stereotype Muslims - and Muslim women in
13、 particular - under a certain garb and ideally this film festival will break some of those stereotypes.“ Philip Mantione,10,Iranian-born Armenian Alysse Stepanians Roghieh is based on her experiences during the 1979 revolution. Films about Iran Alysse Stepanian is an Iranian-born Armenian who has be
14、en living in the U.S. for the past 30 years. Her film, “Roghieh,“ is based on dream journals she wrote about her experiences after the Iranian revolution of 1979. While Stepanian herself is not a Muslim, she says growing up in a Muslim country helped her gain a lot of respect for the women there. “When you look at a country like Iran, or the women in Iran, from someplace like America, people see it as very exotic, or they see it as dangerous or scary, but when you live in a place like that, youre just living there, its your home and youre not afraid,“ she says.,
