World Premiere

Khadija finds solace in the spiritual beauty of the moving word. Mariam discovers wisdom in the most fantastical of places. Assia wants to stop bombs falling on children. And Fatima? She wants to know what will become of Huriyya.

Huriyya and her Sisters is a short animation created by young Muslim women and girls exploring their experiences of the world. Creative workshops were held over 18 months at community centres in south-west and western Sydney where participants developed the visuals, sound and storylines to produce this short animation.

This film is a community cultural development (CCD) project managed by Bankstown Area Multicultural Network (BAMN) and has been proudly supported by the Australian Government through an initiative between the Australian Human Rights Commission and the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body and Bankstown City Council, TAFE NSW South Western Sydney Institute, the participants’ parents, families and communities, and our project partners, Information & Cultural Exchange (ICE), Auburn Community Development Network (ACDN) and Bankstown Multicultural Youth Service (BMYS).

Huriyya and her Sisters will be screened alongside The Secret World (Palestine, 2008) and My Journey (Australia, 2008) followed by Dreaming of 1001 Rights, a forum exploring social justice, artistic expression and cultural activism.