Film

Mashallah. Why Did You Cross The Indian Ocean?

2024 · 36m · Documentary

Mashallah. Why Did You Cross The Indian Ocean? features interviews with two pairs of Indo-Hadhrami mothers and daughters living in Jeddah.The women routinely gather in Salem’s mother’s living room – a site of informal commerce through which women from the artist’s community would buy and sell various ethnic goods, crafts and food. These conversations unravel in a playful manner wherein the women share a meal and recount their experiences of migrating to Jeddah – navigating a new culture and supporting the economic, emotional, and physical wellbeing of their families, while implementing and preserving their matrilineal values and traditions.

• Anhar SalemDirector

Release date

January 6, 2024

Status

Released

Original language

Arabic

Runtime

36m

Genres

Documentary