Join us this Thursday at Nasawiya for the screening of an amazing movie which was out in 2011, ‘Circumstance’. The movie is about a wealthy Iranian family and its struggle to contain a teenager’s growing sexual rebellion and her brother’s dangerous obsession. It’s a very real and beautiful movie about the reality of Iranian women, [...]
Near the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of an American invasion, refugee children like 13-year-old Kak (Ebrahim), gauge and await their fate. Directed by Bahman Ghobadi and produced in 2004, Turtles can Fly is a must watch 98 minute drama about war, landmines and love. Screening at Nasawiya, Thursday at 7 pm. Anyone and everyone [...]
This Thursday, we are screening a very inspiring Iranian film called “The Day I Became A Women“. The film is comprised of three interconnected vignettes that depict women at three stages of life in Iran. The first part centers on a young girl on her ninth birthday, the second is about a young woman who [...]
One of the most important Canadian documentaries ever made, Kanehsatake still resonates with power and fury. On a hot July day in 1990, an historic 78-day standoff between the Mohawk community of Kanehsatake and the 3,000-strong combined forces of the Quebec police and Canadian army was sparked when the mayor of Oka, Quebec, approved plans [...]
Migrant Worker Task Force in cooperation with Unesco Club AUB and Human Rights and Peace Club invites you to watch the film Maids for Sale by Lebanese film maker Dima Al-Joundi. The film tells the story of three Sri Lankan housemaids, Sahika, Anne-Ritta and Janika: the reasons for their coming, the reasons for their [...]
In November 2003, trade ministers from 34 countries met in Miami, Florida, to negotiate the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). FTAA threatens to devastate workers, the environment, and public services like health care, education, and water, and to destroy indigenous rights and cultural diversity across North, Central, and South America. Thousands of union [...]
Nasawiya News | January 3, 2011 (Happy New Year!) Our Community Nasawiya Sawt Al Niswa Got an event you want to host at Nasawiya? We welcome all suggestions for discussions, workshops, and film screenings. Email farah@nasawiya.org Film Screening: Love for Share Thursday, January 6 at 7pm | Nasawiya House In the Indonesian drama “Love for [...]
Our movie club is on! We will be screening “”Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity” this Thursday at our Nasawiya space! Tough Guise is the first educational video geared toward students to systematically examine the relationship between pop-cultural imagery and the social construction of masculine identities in the U.S. at the dawn [...]
Yes, the news are true! Nasawiya will be screening “The Kingdom of Women” by Dana Abour Rahme. The story of the women of Ein El Hilweh refugee camp between 1982-1984 is an important chapter in the history of Palestinian refugee women in Lebanon. After the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, the camp was destroyed [...]
Get our weekly newsletter of upcoming events.
