Film

Scheherazade's Diary

2013 · 1h 18m · Documentary

IMDb

7.6

In 2012, after a 10 months drama therapy workshop, the women inmates of a Beirut prison presented their play Scheherazade in Baabda inside prison to the audience. This film follows the women during these 10 months. The women tell their stories showing how difficult it is to be a woman in Lebanon, and in general in the Arab world, which is governed by a patriarchal mentality. They convey the voices of all women who are imprisoned by oppressive mentalities which in many cases lead women to crime.

• Zeina DaccacheDirector · Writer
• Michèle TyanEditor

Release date

December 11, 2013

Status

Released

Original language

Arabic

Runtime

1h 18m

Rated

0

Revenue

$41,797

Genres

Documentary