| Description |
1 online resource (51 min.) |
| Series |
Filmakers library online |
| Summary |
In November 2006, Radio Al Balad, an independent radio station in Amman, Jordan, held an open call for women interested in producing a program about the people of the Jordan Valley. Inhabited by marginalized agrarian workers, the Jordan Valley lies on the eastern Jordanian side of the Palestinian West Bank. Despite being an agricultural hub of the region, Jordan is one of the ten most water scarce countries in the world. Jordan's major surface water resources, the Jordan River and the Yarmouk River, are shared with Israel and Syria who leave only a small amount of water for Jordan. With groundwater resources being over-exploited and the serious effects of climate change, there seem to be fewer and fewer solutions to the problem. In 2010, I traveled to Jordan to document the professional lives of the two women Radio Al Balad chose to be a voice for the people of the Jordan Valley. With no formal journalistic training, Asma and Munira produce and broadcast a groundbreaking socio-political radio program called 'Voice of the Valley.' Their radio program calls attention to the issues facing this neglected area such as the water shortage, poverty, corruption within the local government, and neglect-problems which have not yet been addressed by governmental officials in Amman. Despite societal and cultural pressure to succumb to traditional patriarchal customs, Asma and Munira continue to fight for the neglected people of the Jordan Valley |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed June 10, 2015) |
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In Arabic with English subtitles |
| Subject |
Social conditions.
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| SUBJECT |
Jordan -- Social conditions
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| Subject |
Jordan.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Jarman, Leila, director, producer
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