Young, Muslim, and French [videorecording] / producers, Micah Fink, Kathleen Hughes ; writer, Kathleen Hughes ; senior producer, Andy Halper ; series producer, Pamela Hogan ; executive producer, Stephen Segaller ; a production of Thirteen/WNET New York and Nova Prod.
Young, Muslim, and French [videorecording] / producers, Micah Fink, Kathleen Hughes ; writer, Kathleen Hughes ; senior producer, Andy Halper ; series producer, Pamela Hogan ; executive producer, Stephen Segaller ; a production of Thirteen/WNET New York and Nova Prod.
Uniform Title
Wide angle (Television program)
Variant Title
Subtitle on disc surface and container: Stories of assimilation and defiance
Publication Details
Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2006.
Language
English
Language Note
English and French with English subtitles; closed-captioned.
Description
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Call Number
DC34.5.M87 Y68 2006
Distributor No.
36142 Films for the Humanities & Sciences FFH36142 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Summary
France's recent decision to ban the wearing of traditional Muslim headscarves (hijab) in public schools--a law widely perceived by Muslims to be an undemocratic expression. Wide Angle explores this conflict in the town of Dammarie-les-Lys. Also featured is the local high school principal, Ghislaine Hudson, a member of the commission charged with reviewing the use of religious symbols. After the program, Professor Fawaz Gerges also discusses secularism in France. Unemployment and the economic plight of the French Muslim minority and lack of social integration is also discussed.
Note
Host, Mishal Husain ; interviewee, Dr. Fawaz Gerges.
