Sunday, January 29, 2006

The Daily Star - Arts & Culture - Something about 'Nissa' min Turkiyya'

"Something about 'Nissa' min Turkiyya'
Lebanese-Turkish filmmaker Olga Nakkash offers a personal evaluation on Kemalist Turkey

By Jim Quilty
Daily Star staff
Monday, January 30, 2006

Something about 'Nissa' min Turkiyya'

BEIRUT: 'Nissa' min Turkiyya' ('Women from Turkey') is an innocuous title for a film. When director Olga Nakkash took the commission from al-Arabiyya's O3 Productions to make the documentary, it's not quite the title she had in mind. It may not be the most inviting title but neither is it misleading. Taking a selection of Turkish women who pursue active professional careers - some muhajiabat, some not - 'Nissa' min Turkiyya' asks them how they negotiate their lives between secularism and religion."

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