Film Review: Wadjda

Originally published in The Forward. www.forward.com The Muslim Film Every Bat Mitzvah Girl Should See By Daniel S. Brenner “Wadjda,” the first feature film shot in Saudi Arabia, seems an unlikely fit for a b’nai mitzvah curriculum. Haifaa al-Mansour’s film about a plucky Muslim tween girl in Riyadh whose greatest … CONTINUE READING