Shadows of a Leader: Qaddafi's Female Bodyguards

Shadows of a Leader: Qaddafi's Female Bodyguards

2004 · 60 min · ★ 7.3 · Documentary

The documentary investigates the phenomenon of Qaddafi's elite female bodyguard corps and the tensions these women embody: tensions between Islam, modernisation in a nomadic society, a militarist feminism and an urban dictatorship.

Directed by Rania Ajami · Written by Rania Ajami

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