Leila and the Wolves

Directed by: Heiny Srour Released: 2025 (educational) Year of Production: 1984 Running Time: 90 min Language:  Arabic Subtitle Options: English Closed Captions Subjects:  Middle Eastern Studies, Women Studies                          Drawing on the Arab heritage of the ‘Arabian Nights’, Leila and the Wolves combines fictional drama, archival footage, fantasy sequences, mosaic pattern, to refute the colonial and male dominated version of history.  Leila travels across time and space to explore the collective memory of Arab women in Palestine and Lebanon and their hidden role in historical events.                                 Official Selection at the 2021 La Biennale di Venezia                            “Feminist masterwork.”–The Guardian                   About the filmmakers              Heiny Srour is a Lebanese film director. She is best known for being the first female Arab filmmaker to have a film chosen for the Cannes Film Festival. Srour advocated