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Shadows of a Leader: Qaddafi's Female Bodyguards

Name: Shadows of a Leader: Qaddafi's Female Bodyguards
Director: Rania Ajami
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2004-01-04T00:00:00.000000Z
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Rania Ajami, Muammar Gaddafi, Fathiya Tabishat

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Documentary

Overview

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.