This is the trailer for Live from Bethlehem, a documentary featuring the Ma'an News Agency, the only independent news network in the Palestinian Territories. Earlier this week, I went to hear Palestinian journalist Amira Hanania speak about her work as the only woman lead journalist for Ma'an -- and, by extension, the only independent woman journalist in Palestine.
A daring journalist committed to challenging sexism even in times of war, I found Hanania's own story as fascinating as the stories she's exposed. At 26 years old, Hanania has been an advocate of independent media in Palestine for a decade, since she went on the air with her own talk show at age seventeen. And she's a vocal proponent of making Palestinian women's voices heard in Palestine and beyond, reporting on everything from the war in Gaza to Palestinian marriage laws through a strong feminist lens.
No matter what your view on the Israeli-Palestinian issue, this woman is a real kick-butt feminist hero.
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That is super awesome. Thanks
Thanks, that looks really great!
It looks to me like it's not a flier, but a page from a "men's magazine" from the fifties. They tended to have "news articles" which were essentially excuses to show pictures of naked or semi-naked women. Full-frontal nudity would run afoul of the postal decency laws, so they'd compromise on stuff like that over-the-shoulder shot where you can see part of her bedroom furniture breast. Not quite sure who decided it belonged on that site, though.