Posts Tagged ‘Indonesia’

• Between Worlds: Jilbab and Transgender in Indonesia

  February 1st, 2011 It is a scene that wouldn’t be unfamiliar in France or Belgium: a woman’s hijab is snatched away...

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• Out of the Closet AND Public Life: Lesbians in Indonesia

  October 21st, 2010 Debates in the Muslim world regarding the LBGT community are rare, if not non-existent. However, Indonesia’s community has...

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• The Women of Indonesia’s Film Religi: Part II

  June 10th, 2010 Yesterday, we examined “the convert” and “the reformer,” two types of female characters in film religi. Today, we’ll...

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• The Women of Indonesia’s Film Religi: Part I

  June 9th, 2010 Film religi is an Indonesian cultural phenomenon quite unlike any other in Southeast Asia. It is a film...

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• Apparently women aren’t part of the “big picture”

  February 4th, 2009 The Big Picture usually does an excellent job compiling a diverse set of photos. So it's especially hard...

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• Swimming Against the Current: A Look At Nia Dinata via Dispatches

  January 20th, 2009 CBC radio’s weekly documentary program, Dispatches, recently ran a documentary by Natasha Fatah on Nia Dinata, one of...

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