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Trailer for the documentary A Balloon to Allah.
When the Norwegian-Turkish filmmaker Nefise Özkal Lorentzen was little, she used to send letters to Allah by balloon. Now she wants to send a new balloon to change the role of women in the Muslim culture. By following her grandmother's path as a 'sufi', she embarks on a journey to rediscover the Islam of her mother's mother. The film switches between her actual journey and her dreams. She experiences the diversity of Cairo, Istanbul and Oslo by drinking tea with the Egyptian feminist Nawal El Saadawi, finding hope and inspira
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A Balloon to Allah
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Trailer for the documentary A Balloon to Allah. When the Norwegian-Turkish filmmaker Nefise Özkal Lorentzen was little, she used to send letters to Allah by balloon. Now she wants to send a new balloon to change the role of women in the Muslim culture. By following her grandmother's path as a 'sufi', she embarks on a journey to rediscover the Islam of her mother's mother. The film switches between her actual journey and her dreams. She experiences the diversity of Cairo, Istanbul and Oslo by drinking tea with the Egyptian feminist Nawal El Saadawi, finding hope and inspira

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Partial Film Information

Director: Nefise Özkal Lorentzen
Writer: Nefise Özkal Lorentzen
Studio: Unknown
Cast: Unknown or Not Available
Release: August 11, 2011
Writer: Nefise Özkal Lorentzen
Studio: Unknown
Cast: Unknown or Not Available
Release: August 11, 2011
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