Film Screening and Discussion: "They Call Me Muslim"

Diana Ferrero's film, "They Call Me Muslim," is a 27 minute documentary focused on the wearing of the hijab headscarf. From France to Iran, two tales of the hijab. Samah, a Muslim teenager in Paris, wears the hijab by choice, struggling with the 2004 French law banning the Islamic headscarf in public schools. "K.," a young mother in Tehran, is forced to wear the hijab by the Islamic regime. But she wears it her own way...

Their different responses to social requirements raise interesting issues about personal freedom. The film showing will be followed with commentary and discussion.

Speakers

• Diana Ferrero
  Filmmaker
• Riva Kastoryano
  Sciences Po
• Qamar-ul Huda
  U.S. Institute of Peace
• Daniel Serwer, Moderator
  U.S. Institute of Peace