'No one knows what we are going through'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1769776,00.html
Women in Iraq are living a nightmare that is hidden from the west. Now
one has turned film-maker to give us a window on to what they endure.
She tells Natasha Walter what she saw
Monday May 8, 2006
The Guardian
Rayya Osseilly is an Iraqi doctor who cares for other women in the
beleaguered city of Qaim. Unsurprisingly, her tale is not a happy one.
"I never feel that today is better than yesterday," she says. "It
always seems that yesterday was better than today." Looking at the
bombed-out remains of the hospital where she works, it is clear she is
struggling against the odds.
It is unusual to see at close quarters what is going on for women in
cities like Qaim, which last year came under heavy attack from American
troops. Access for the western media is severely restricted. Now,
though, we have a window on to Qaim thanks to another Iraqi woman, a
film-maker who has travelled through the country speaking to widows and
children, to doctors and students, in pursuit of the reality of her
fellow country-women's lives.
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