{"id":17198,"date":"2018-07-10T14:31:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T21:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/?post_type=films&#038;p=17198"},"modified":"2022-03-03T12:15:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T20:15:59","slug":"the-judge","status":"publish","type":"films","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/the-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Showing Shari\u2019a law in a way we&#8217;ve never seen before&#8211;through the story of the first-ever female judge in Palestine\u2019s religious courts&#8211;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Judge<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is portrait of a remarkable woman who overcame a male-dominated tradition to change minds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East religious courts, including the Shari\u2019a courts of Islam which adjudicate domestic and family matters, have traditionally banned women from serving as judges \u2013 until <\/span><b>Kholoud Al-Faqih<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> dared challenge that history. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2009, with the support of a progressive Sheikh, Kholoud became the first woman Shari\u2019a judge in the Middle East with her appointment to a Palestinian Shari\u2019a court in the West Bank. 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