The Film | Karate | Muslim Women | Israeli Arabs | Sources

The Film

Shadya
The official film site contains links to press releases and awards.

Karate

Budo for Peace
Founded by SHADYA producer and karate coach Danny Hakim, this organization brings together young people from conflict areas to learn and practice traditional Japanese martial arts.

International Shotokan Karate Federation
With 50,000 members in 28 countries, the Federation aims to promulgate shotokan karate and its principles: “seek perfection of character, be faithful, endeavor, respect others, refrain from violent behavior.”

Shotokan Karate-do International Federation
SHADYA filmmaker Danny Hakim belongs to this federation with over five million members in 80 countries.

National Women’s Martial Arts Federation
This organization of women martial artists promotes the involvement of women and girls in the martial arts through sharing skills and resources.

Muslim Women

Muslim Women’s League
The Muslim Women's League is a non-profit Muslim American organization “working to implement the values of Islam and thereby reclaim the status of women as free, equal and vital contributors to society.” Read articles, news and more.

Dervish
Read the regularly updated blog of Umm Yasmin, a Muslim living in Melbourne Australia, with insights on Islam, Muslim women and more.

Israeli Arabs

Mossawa Center
Founded in 1997, the Mossawa Center “strives to improve the social, economic and political status of the Arab citizens of Israel, while preserving their national and cultural rights as Palestinians. Additionally, the Mossawa Center focuses on the status of Palestinian women, working towards gender equality in all spheres of society.”

The Arab Minority in Israel
Find information about ethnic Arab citizens of Israel from the Arab Association of Human Rights.

Report on Equality and Integration of the Arab Citizens in Israel
This 2002 report from the Sikkuy, a non-profit organization in Israel, summarizes the status and needs of Israeli Arabs, who comprise nearly 20 percent of the country’s population.

Assessment for Arabs in Israel
Based at the University of Maryland, Minorities at Risk “tracks 284 politically-active ethnic groups throughout the world from 1945 to the present—identifying where they are, what they do, and what happens to them.” Learn more in their report on Arabs in Israel.

Sources

The following served as information sources for the Muslim Feminism section of this site: