Feminist Theology - Movie Review Example

The video 'Under One Sky' in which the modern Arab women living in North America express their views about Hijab, the veil assumes the relevance of a sacred manifestation of the personal and political identity of these women. These women being well informed and educated though do not shy away from claiming the valid symbols of their culture and tradition, still, they vehemently desire to interpret them in a way of their own. While doing so they come heavily against any attempts by the East or the West to define their life and sexuality.

These women certainly exhibit a deep and valid insight into the body politics inherent in the cultural symbols like a veil. Hence they simply do not afford to leave the interpretation of these symbols to the radical elements within their own civilization or to the Western feminist scholars and activists. Hence this video not only marks a feminist reaction to the organized religion but is also an apt expression of the desire of the modern Arab women residing in the West to chalk out a feminist theology of their own.