Iraq – The Women’s Story
The invasion of Iraq heralded promises of freedom from tyranny and equal rights for the women of Iraq. But three years on, the reality of everyday life for women inside Iraq is a different story.
To make this film, two Iraqi women risk their lives to spend three months travelling all over the country with a camera to record the lives and experiences of women they meet.
Dispatches: Iraq: The Women’s Story provides a compelling account of a life inside Iraq that is rarely seen on news bulletins: stories of ordinary women whose struggle to survive has only worsened since the war. (Excerpt from channel4.com)
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Hurtfut yet incredible insight.
i thought i had problems, but these things women are going through there, are just unbearable
as salam aleykum,I am deeply heart broken,woman and children are and the innocent are the biggest victims of war,I see why war itself is a deception,and to those who are threaten by extremist,raise a banner above there homes,from the quran…there is no compulsion in religion,therefore the straight path is clear from error,who ever openliy trespass is flipping half the book behind ther backs,its a shame all the different evil fronts the poor have to fight or survive against,the weakest in society,and to the men dont let the extremist appeal to your male egos,oppress woman bring up oppressed children,wich then can be control by few,you are the god given guardian and protectors and providers of your family,dont give up your power of your family by other men who only there family come first,when you,woman are the nucleus of society when u elevate them in a constructive way you elevate the whole society, woman our allowed to show ther face and hands in more ways then one,only those who believe in this world only interpret the scripture extremly in this world,I pray freedom comes to iraQ soon,yet what ever groups in power another group will suffer,every side has suffered,but i hope they learn the lessons and a more united iraq will emerge,people need to unite behind the PEOPLE of IRaQ and be there brothers keeper,no matter what sect the come from,and not behind religious fractions who seek there own power ther eyes are on the oil themselves, or history will repeat itself but with diffrent people,I know there good and bad among american soldiers,as well as our our congress,help the ones that our trying to help it will come back too you in a round about way for both side,they will bring the truth back.the only comfort i have inregurds to knowing there plight is that gods on the side of orphans and widows and the rest will stand in judgement.
i found it funny how she said, “look at how the american tax payers money is being spent”.
Thanks, very interesting note
excellently done without that many resources. It was horrible to see people live in such grotesque conditions. We sleep peacefully yet families are destroyed. We eat fully while they are starving. We have fun and yet these people don’t know what is fun. We laugh while they cry. WHAT ARE WE? ARE WE HUMANS?
Shia video!
It’s because of the U.S. presence the individuals in this documentary are able to speak out without threat of physical harm.
The men of Iraq are portrayed as caring. The muslim faith does not allow it.
The liberal press strikes again.
Seeing Mahmoods son at his grave side at the end with his mum was upsetting. i really hope that they can all find relative peace in Iraq.I beleive the western world owes it to the Iraqi people to rebuild their entire infrastructure that they,(we)destroyed fraudulently.i cant see democracy working there either as 60% of the population are shitte and 40% sunni.
The whole world needs to see this, no matter how hard it is to watch. Our government did not us to see anything from the war, they even forbid cameras at the air force base where the soldiers bodies are returned. That was not the case during the Vietnam war, we saw and we didn’t like what we saw so we marched. If we had been allowed to see this time, we would have marched again that is why our media was neutered.