Guest Programme: Arabic Worlds
WORDS OF WITNESS
USA 2011 – Director: Mai Iskander – Original language: Arabic – Subtitles: English – Length: 68 min.
“What actually happens when you hit ‘share’? With this question Heba Afify’s mother gets to the heart of the current situation in Egypt: how does society organise itself after the revolution and what role do the media play in this? As a journalist at the English-language edition of the daily newspaper, Al-Masry Al-Youm,her daughter is at the forefront of events as both an observer and protagonist. Finally things can be reported freely and Heba doesn’t need to be told twice – except by her mother, who even though she now has a modern Facebook account, is still of the opinion that a respectable girl has no business being out on the streets alone. Andrea Kuhn
Camera: Mai Iskander. Editing: Shannon Kennedy. Music: Barbara Cohen. Production: Iskander Films. Producer: Mai Iskander & Kelcey Edwards. International Sales: Films Transit International, Montreal

