Women’s filmmaking in the aftermath of the uprisings in Yemen, Libya, and Saudi Arabia

<p dir="ltr">International media has a long- standing tradition of perpetuating orientalist stereotypes when representing the experiences of people who live in the so- called “Arab world” (Semmerling 2006). In some cases, people who identify as “Arab” themselves use “self- orientalizing” representations to portray their communities’ experiences (Alhayek 2014). In this chapter, we explore the intersectional and intercultural positionalities of three women filmmakers –Naziha Arebi, Sara Ishaq, and Safa Al Ahmad. In their filmmaking documenting the after-math of the 2011 uprisings in Yemen, Libya, and Saudi Arabia, all three women challenge orientalist and self-orientalizing representations by capturing both pivotal moments and everyday life.</p>