MY NAME IS AHLAM
Director Rima Essa
Countries Israel
Duration 74 min
Synopsis
While fighting for her daughter’s right to receive adequate treatment for her leukemia, Aisha - a Palestinian woman living in the West Bank, undergoes a process of empowerment. Suddenly, this battered woman, is no longer afraid to stand up to her husband, to her occupiers, to the authorities and to anyone’s who is in the way of her daughter’s path to health. MY NAME IS ACHLAM offers a unique view at Palestinian’s women empowerment. United by common enemies, the occupation, cancer and the Health Care System, these mothers learn how to stand up for their rights. Living under the oppression of the ILi occupation and the subjugations to their husbands' demands they fight for their children’s lives and through that struggle they emancipate themselves.
While fighting for her daughter’s right to receive adequate treatment for her leukemia, Aisha - a Palestinian woman living in the West Bank, undergoes a process of empowerment. Suddenly, this battered woman, is no longer afraid to stand up to her husband, to her occupiers, to the authorities and to anyone’s who is in the way of her daughter’s path to health. MY NAME IS ACHLAM offers a unique view at Palestinian’s women empowerment. United by common enemies, the occupation, cancer and the Health Care System, these mothers learn how to stand up for their rights. Living under the oppression of the ILi occupation and the subjugations to their husbands' demands they fight for their children’s lives and through that struggle they emancipate themselves.