Ahoti, portraits of Mizrahi feminists - Extract
Channel: noematic
Date: 2018-12-07

Smadar Lavie is  A Mizrahi scholar and activist, a Jewish woman of Yemeni descent who has been engaging in Palestine solidarity work since she is a teenager. She is one of the founders of Ahoti (My sister), Israel's first Mizrahi feminist organization. In weaving together stories of Mizrahi Feminists, I intend to shed light on the intersection of identities that we exist in. As Jewish women from the Middle East and North Africa, we wrestle with the white supremacy traversing the Jewish world. We live at the intersection of patriarchy and Israel's pervasive anti-Arab racism. Through these poignant stories, these women unveil a complexity that deserves to be held in order to draw dissident lines of solidarity.


Directed by Noemie Hakim-Serfaty
Image Noemie Hakim-Serfaty & Vera Yin
Editing Noemie Hakim-Serfaty & Vera Yin