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Shadows of a Leader: Qaddafi's Female Bodyguards

2004 · 60 min · Documentary

The documentary investigates the phenomenon of Qaddafi's elite female bodyguard corps and the tensions these women embody: tensions between Islam, modernisation in a nomadic society, a militarist feminism and an urban dictatorship.

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Free with adsKanopy

Creators

Rania Ajami — Director

Top cast

Rania Ajami portraitRania AjamiHerselfMuammar Gaddafi portraitMuammar GaddafiHimselfFFathiya TabishatHerself

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