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Description or Abstract
This audio documentary is about how women historically and currently use tattoos as a way of defining and empowering themselves. It draws similarities between Ancient Egyptian women’s and Arab women’s tattoo motifs. Women in the Arab world live in a patriarchal society and many try to break free of its hold. This audio documentary sheds light on a creative expression of resistance some girls have taken to: tattoos. These girls translated their independence into the form of a tattoo and the symbolism behind these tattoos are similar to motifs Ancient Egyptian women had behind their tattoos 5,000 years ago.
Keywords
JRMC 4460, Tattoos, Art, Women, Feminism, Independence
Course
JRMC 4460
Department
Journalism & Mass Communication Department
Faculty Advisor
[no information provided]
Content Type
Documentary
File Type
Audio
Extent
1900-01-00
Language
eng
Recommended Citation
Ismail, Mariam, "Battle scars set in ink" (2018). Audiovisual Projects. 104.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/audiovisual_student_work/104
File
http://dar.aucegypt.edu/handle/10526/5362