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The Poetess

Rating7.0/10

Release2017

Runtime1h 30m

Votes1

The story of Hissa Hilal, a Saudi woman who used her reality-television fame to speak against religious extremism.

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Release Date

August 23, 2017

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Production Companies

ARTE

Brockhaus/Wolff Films

ZDF

Cast

Hissa Hilal

Herself - Poetess

Mastoura Al-Ahmadi

Herself

Ziad Batal

Himself

Stefanie Brockhaus

Himself - Interviewer (voice)

Maged Fakhr

Himself

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