Tuesday photos: ‘The Poetess’ at Valletta Film Festival 2018

Jason Florio & Helen Jones-FlorioJune 12, 2018CULTURE & TRADITION, DOCUMENTARY, HELEN JONES-FLORIO, PHOTOBLOGBedouins, black and white, film, Malta, people, portraits, TRAVEL, valletta

The Poetess, Valletta Film Festival screening, Malta ©Helen Jones-Florio

The Poetess: ‘Hissa Hilal is the voice from behind the veil. Her word is her weapon. We’ll never see her face. Like the majority of Saudi women, Hissa is covered from head to toe. She is not allowed to drive a car. She doesn’t own a passport and requires consent from her husband for any sort of activity...’ Read more/see screening times at Valletta Film Festival.

’That idea, regarding Bedouin women, who were free! ’ Hissa Hilal

The Poetess, Valletta Film Festival screening, Malta ©Helen Jones-Florio

‘In our grandmothers’ times, there were tribes where women didn’t wear burqa!‘

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’That idea, regarding Bedouin women, who were free! ’ Hissa Hilal

‘In our grandmothers’ times, there were tribes where women didn’t wear burqa!‘

@FLORIOTRAVELS-INSTAGRAM

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