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An evening with Egyptian filmmaker Aida ElKashef in conversation with Sarah Leah Whitson of Human Rights Watch
An evening with Egyptian filmmaker Aida ElKashef in conversation with Sarah Leah Whitson of Human Rights Watch

Posted: Jul 31, 2018

Join us Tuesday, August 7, 7pm at UnionDocs for an evening with Egyptian filmmaker Aida ElKashef, in conversation with Sarah Leah Whitson, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa Division. The evening will feature a sneak preview of Aida ElKashef’s The Day I Ate The Fish, the feature documentary in-progress revisits stories of women behind bars in Egypt’s infamous women’s prison, Al Qanater, convicted of murdering their husbands. The evening will include a screening of ElKashef’s activist video work with Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment (OpAntiSH), active in Egypt during the revolution to combat sexual harrassment and sexual assaults of female protestors in Tahrir Square.

Contribute now to support NYC Artist Residency and new film by Egyptian filmmaker Aida ElKashef
Contribute now to support NYC Artist Residency and new film by Egyptian filmmaker Aida ElKashef

Posted: Jun 19, 2018

Contribute now to help support July artist residency in NYC for Egyptian Filmmaker Aida ElKashef Support Aida's work on "The Day I Ate The Fish": the feature documentary revisits stories of women behind bars in Egypt’s infamous women’s prison, Al Qanater, convicted of murdering their husbands.