Janata Bennuna is Moroccan; Hanan Al Shaykh, Lebanese and Nawal Al Soodawi, Egyptian. The three of them write in their mother tongue, the Arabic language, and they are all committed intellectuals who show through their books the complexity of the social reality in the Arabian world. The three of them belong to a generation marked by pan-Arabism and studied against their families' will, although they finally gained their support; they were living in times of change. They use literature as a weapon and denounce situations which they reject. In A woman's word, these three writers, so different and yet with so many things in common, talk about their life and work. Their voices are combined with their characters' voices, reflecting their thoughts. From the moment we get to know them, we also get close to the Arabian world, from which recently we only receive Manichean and, frequently, badly intentioned information. They are all Arabian, women who demand their rights, but far from adopting easy victimization, they do it with their own work and commitment.
Director
SILVIA G. PONZODA
Studied "Sciences of Information" at the Autonomous University of Barcelona from 1989 to 1991 and then Photography in the Institute of Photographic Studies of Barcelona from 1991 to 1994.
