The Zainab Salbi Project
Zainab Salb, the Iraqi-American founder of Women for Women International, travels far and wide to hear people whose lives are directly affected by complex issues of class, gender, ethnicity, and belief. In each place she visits—from France to India, from Mexico to Thailand—our shared humanity is revealed.
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Seasons & Episodes
1. Fearless Muslims in Minnesota
Muslim women who are wearing the headscarves are becoming the targets of attacks and threats to their lives and safety. Zainab goes to Minneapolis, Minnesota to understand why they are taking the headscarf on, the meaning of Islam in their lives, and how they are fighting back with their voice and actions.
2. Third Gender Revolution
Zainab shows how India is breaking new ground for third gender/transgender community and explores how the third gender has gone from a marginalized community in Indian culture to mainstream.
3. Renegade Female Monks
Thailand's renegade female monks endure arson, threats and resistance to emerge as religious leaders. Zainab takes a journey inside the lives of these female monks, one who gave up her life as a mother, scholar and TV personality, to be ordained.
4. Looking for Hope in Iraq
Zainab takes a journey back home to Iraq to explore how life has changed under ISIS occupation and the U.S led invasion. She meets an Iraqi Mother named Um Hanadi - who leads a brigade of men fighting ISIS.
5. Radicalization of Youth
Seeing its youth radicalized, and joining Islamic State, Zainab goes to France and meets with family members and young people to find out why so many young people are being seduced into joining the Islamic State.
6. Journalists in Danger
Zainab travels to Mexico to meet with brave female journalists who have survived violent attacks and are risking their lives working under constant threat, to find out why Mexico is one of the most dangerous places on earth for journalists.
