This slideshow is particularly dedicated to my friends Haifaa Al-Mansour and Brad Neimann who had their wedding party last night in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. It is without a doubt the best wedding party I have been to, suffice it to say that contrary to popular belief, women DO drive in Saudi, that is how Haifaa …
Haifaa Al-Mansour will be showing her much acclaimed film Women without Shadows tonight at 6PM at the Bahrain Cinema Club. The film and its director both received various local and international accolades, some of which are: The Golden Dagger in Muscat Film Festival for best documentary- 2006 The Critics Golden Dagger for best film- Muscat …
It’s not all doom and gloom in Saudi, rays of hope continue to emanate from the magic kingdom: Haifaa Al-Mansour is thought to be the only woman filmmaker in Saudi Arabia. Her three short films are cult favorites here and have made her a hero among her peers in the Saudi film making community, an …