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Two insights into women from repressive regimes as they battle against traditional rule to adjust to the modern world.

THE LIGHT IN HER EYES
Julia Metzer – Laura Nix / USA-Syria / 2011 / 87 mins
The Light In Her Eyes tells the story of the inspiring and contradictory female principal of the Al-Zahra Koran School who teaches the women to challenge tradition yet live according to Islam.

BOXING GIRLS OF KABUL
Ariel Nasr / Canada / 2011 / 52 mins
In a stadium where women were once stoned to death by the Taliban, the Boxing Girls of Kabul brave social exclusion, boldly fighting for respect for themselves and their nation.