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Yasmina Hamlawi moderator: Romanee Rodriguez

Prijswinnende audiodocumentaire over een Somalische vrouw die na jarenlang onderdrukt te zijn geweest, de regie over haar eigen leven, lichaam en seksualiteit herovert.

Audiodocumentaire Perle van Yasmina Hamlawi (winnaar van de Prix Europa 2022) vertelt het verhaal van Fos. Lange tijd had Fos geen controle over haar eigen lichaam en leven, die hadden de gemeenschap in Somalië waartoe zij behoorde, haar vader en haar echtgenoot. Wanneer Fos later naar België vlucht, besluit ze de regie terug te nemen, met alle gevolgen van dien.

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Met Q&A

Award winning audio documentary about Fos, a Somali woman who reclaims her life, body and sexuality after years of oppression.

Audio documentary Perle by Yasmina Hamlawi (winner of Prix Europa 2022) tells the story of Fos. The life and the body of Fos were ruled by her community, her father, her husband. To affirm this power over her, she was inflicted the seal of submission with excision at the age of 6. Exiled in Belgium, she decides to get her life back and reclaim her wounded body. To do so she chooses to undergo a surgical reconstruction of her clitoris. Her story unfolds like a sound tale, Fos reveals herself, she takes us back to her distant past, to her forced marriage and to the day from which stemmed the rest of her life: the day her pearl was taken from her.

Warning: this documentary contains footage that may be experienced as shocking.
With Q&A