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The Poetess

The Poetess

2017•1h 30m•7.0/10
Documentary

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7.0/10(1)

The story of Hissa Hilal, a Saudi woman who used her reality-television fame to speak against religious extremism.

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Production

ARTE, Brockhaus/Wolff Films, ZDF

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Hissa Hilal

Herself - Poetess

Mastoura Al-Ahmadi

Herself

Ziad Batal

Himself

Stefanie Brockhaus

Himself - Interviewer (voice)

Maged Fakhr

Himself

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