Shadows of a Leader: Qaddafi's Female Bodyguards

Shadows of a Leader: Qaddafi's Female Bodyguards (2004)

January 4th, 20041h 0min

Documentary
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Overview

The documentary investigates the phenomenon of Qaddafi's elite female bodyguard corps and the tensions these women embody: tensions between Islam, modernisation in a nomadic society, a militarist feminism and an urban dictatorship.


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