The second of a two-parter features Fikri and Ezzah concluding their discussion on films from the SWANA Film Festival. Organised by Christina Hajjar and the University of Manitoba in February 2021, the films touch on issues related to diaspora, dis/connection, agency and change. Here, Fikri and Ezzah share their thoughts and feelings related to ‘The Wall’ by Odette Makhlouf and Issraa Elkogali Heggstrom’s ‘Nora’s Cloth’.
- The SWANA Film Festival ran from 5th to 18th February 2021, focusing on Southwest Asian and North African films, poetry and workshop
- The film whose title Fikri could not recall is ‘In the Loop’, a comedy starring Peter Capaldi
- Fikri got his languages mixed up; according to this article in The Atlantic, the Brazilians use huehuehue and the Thais use 555 for hahaha
- This is Sandra Hochel’s research of how women in Malaysia work with the veil
- There is also a viral picture of a woman, Alaa Salah, voicing out at a rally in Khartoum in Sudan in 2019, showcasing the toub as more than just a piece of cloth
- Intermissions: ‘The Wall’ by Odette Makhlouf and ‘Nora’s Cloth’ Issraa Elkogali Heggstrom
- Theme Song: Airplane Mode by Josh Woodward
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