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Shadows of a Leader: Qaddafi's Female Bodyguards

Name: Shadows of a Leader: Qaddafi's Female Bodyguards
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2004-01-04
Duration: 60 min
Cast: Fathiya Tabishat, Rania Ajami, Muammar Gaddafi

Directed by Rania Ajami · Arabic · 2004 · 60 min

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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Fathiya Tabishat

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Rania Ajami

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Muammar Gaddafi

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