Changing schools / filmed and directed by Max Baring ; Lion Television for The Open University ; BBC co-production.
"Zaki al-Arsuzi School is a girls-only secondary school. Jaramana School is a boys-only middle school. Focusing on two new students-Du'aa, a teenage Muslim girl who has transferred to secular Zaki al-Arsuzi from a Sharia school, and Yusif, a teenage Christian boy from Iraq who is attending Jaramana...
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| Language: | English Syriac, Modern |
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Portions in Syrian with English subtitles.
Closed-captioned. |
| Published: |
Hamilton, NJ :
Films for the Humanities and Sciences,
[2010], ©2009.
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| Series: | Syrian school (Series)
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Variant Title: |
Changing schools : Damascus's educational melting pot. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Summary: |
"Zaki al-Arsuzi School is a girls-only secondary school. Jaramana School is a boys-only middle school. Focusing on two new students-Du'aa, a teenage Muslim girl who has transferred to secular Zaki al-Arsuzi from a Sharia school, and Yusif, a teenage Christian boy from Iraq who is attending Jaramana as a war refugee-this program maps their experiences against the broader picture of Syrian society, modern Islam, and political instability in the Middle East. Topics include the observance of Ramadan and the Festival of the Cross, wearing the hijab, Baathism, the evolving role of women, the trauma of life in a war zone, Syria's growing entrepreneurialism, and matters of school governance."--Container. |
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| Note: | Originally produced in 2009. Videorecording. |
| Call Number: | LA1457 .C47 2010 VideoDVD |
| ISBN: | 9781616169879 1616169877 |
| Credits: | Music, Colin Winston-Fletcher. |
| System Details: | DVD. |
| Participant or Performer: |
Narrator, Khalid Abdalla. |