Hala Galal is an Egyptian filmmaker. She has a BA in Media Studies from Cairo University and a BA in Film Studies from the Higher Institute of Cinema. She has worked as a film director, script writer, and producer. She co-founded Semat Production and Distribution and has been a consultant for Caravan of the Euro-Arab Cinema, a project funded by the European Union, EuroMed Audiovisual II program. Her filmography includes Closed Circle (2008), Egyptian Woman in the Parliament (2008), and Mediterranean Women: Making Life Choices (2008).
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Introduction to The State of the Arts in the Middle East: Volume VI: Creative Arab Women
Creative Arab Women is the sixth edition of the MEI Viewpoints series on the State of the Arts in the Middle East. The 14 essays in this collection offer a glimpse into the rich and varied cultural output of Arab women in the region and the diaspora. Partly reminiscences and partly calls to action, they are essays of survival and empowerment that add a deeply personal dimension to the subject of the role of Arab women as cultural producers. MEI is grateful to Dr.
