Le Féminin sacré et l’espoir : les incarnations de la Vierge Marie dans Rachida
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The movie Rachida was released at the end of the Black Decade in Algeria. It’s director, Yamina Bachir-Chouikh sought to feature a hopeful story for the women and children forgotten amid the violence. This hope can be read through the sacred feminine inspired by the Virgin Mary in the Qu’ran. The four main characters represent the names, or attributes, of Mary: Rachida’s mother, is (al-Qanitah) the pious; Yasmina, the family friend, is (al-Sajida) the one who bows before God; Zohra, the woman kidnapped by terrorists, is (al-Tahira) the purified; Rachida is (al-Siddiqah) the bearer of truth. Hope, inspired by the sacred feminine, disseminates intergenerationally from each woman to the other and from those women to children. Through an analysis of Mary’s representations, I explain how women and Muslim feminism are multidimensional, and that, in order to establish a secure future, it is necessary to highlight each of these attributes.
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