Haifa al-Mansour (Saudi Arabia)

EENI- School of International Business

Sub-subject: Haifa al-Mansour (the second most powerful Arab woman in the World). Film Director. Syllabus:

1. The Saudi film-maker Haifa al-Mansour: The second most powerful Arab woman
2. Impact on Arab society of the documentary “Women Without Shadows”

Sample of the sub-subject: Haifa al-Mansour:

Description of the Sub-Subject: Haifa Al-Mansour (Saudi Film Director):

1. Saudi Film Director Haifaa al-Mansour (1974, Saudi Arabia - the Middle East) is considered the second most powerful Arab Women in the World according to the magazine “Arabian Business.”
2. Religion: Mrs Haifaa al-Mansour is Muslim
3. Haifaa al-Mansour has created three short films and “Women without Shadows,” a documentary, which has influenced a new generation of Film Directors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
4. In his country, the work of Haifaa al-Mansour is both praised and vilified for encouraging debate about tolerance, the perils of Orthodoxy, and the need for the citizens of Saudi Arabia to take a critical vision with their ancestral customs; normally these topics are treated as taboo
5. His film “Wadjda” was selected to the Oscar for Best Foreign Language
6. Haifaa al-Mansour had to lead the outdoor scenes in Riyadh from inside a bus (in Saudi Arabia segregation between men and women are applied)
7. Haifaa al-Mansour was supported by Rotana, the film production enterprise of His Royal Highness Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
8. Rotana is the largest producer in the World of Arabic music and a famous company of Arabic films, with a catalogue of more than 2,000 Arabic films

Haifaa al-Mansour belongs to the Arab Economic Area of the Islamic Civilisation.

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