À travers des témoignages pudiques de jeunes femmes concernées, le film est un réquisitoire sur la pratique de l’excision des jeunes filles en Égypte.

Réalisatrice : Viola Shafik
Couleur, Béta SP, 37′

Réalisation : Viola Shafik.
Image : Nancy Abdel Fattah.
Son : Ibrahim al-Nushuaty, Gomaa Abdel Latif, Hassan Abou Galal.
Montage : Dalia al-Nasser.
Production : Media House.

« Although Female Genital Mutilation (FGM, the removal of the clitoris and often part or whole of the labia minora to ensure a woman’s premarital and extra-marital chastity) is forbidden by law in Egypt and banned in public and private hospitals and clinics, official statistics show that nearly 96% of women in Egypt are still circumcised. This controversial-yet-level-headed documentary examines why FGM is practiced, the reactions to it and its medical, historical, cultural and sexual significance – all from women’s perspectives and in women’s voices. » – Arab Films (read more at www.egyptiancastle.com/community/justice/circumcision/circumcision01.htm)


Director: Viola Shafik (Egypt)
37min, 1999