The Poetess
The Poetess

The Poetess

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2017•90 min•Documentary
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Hissa Hilal
Herself - Poetess
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Mastoura Al-Ahmadi
Herself
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Ziad Batal
Himself
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Stefanie Brockhaus
Himself - Interviewer (voice)
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Maged Fakhr
Himself
The story of Hissa Hilal, a Saudi woman who used her reality-television fame to speak against religious extremism.
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