Defiantly eschewing Western portraits of Muslim women, Deepa Dhanraj (Something Like a War) explores the first women’s jamaat—traditionally a male institution—in South India, where women are raising their voices and enacting new interpretations of Sharia law to demand gender equality. (85 mins)
Defiantly eschewing Western portraits of Muslim women, Deepa Dhanraj (Something Like a War) explores the first women’s jamaat—traditionally a male institution—in South India, where women are raising their voices and enacting new interpretations of Sharia law to demand gender equality. (85 mins)
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