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Rafea: Solar Mama

(Rafea: Solar Mama)
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Original Title : Rafea: Solar Mama
Time : 75 Min
Genre : Documentary
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 2012
Director : Mona Eldaief, Jehane Noujaim
Writer : No data available
Producer : Mette Heide
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States, Denmark, South Africa, Japan, Finland, Canada
Original Language : Arabic, English
About : Rafea is a Bedouin woman who lives with her four daughters in one of Jordan's poorest desert villages on the Iraqi border. She is given a chance to travel to India to attend the Barefoot College, where illiterate grandmothers from around ...See moreRafea is a Bedouin woman who lives with her four daughters in one of Jordan's poorest desert villages on the Iraqi border. She is given a chance to travel to India to attend the Barefoot College, where illiterate grandmothers from around the world are trained in 6 months to be solar engineers. If Rafea succeeds, she will be able to electrify her village, train more engineers, and provide for her daughters. Even when she returns as the first female solar engineer in the country, her real challenge will have just begun. Will she find support for her new venture? Will she be able to inspire the other women in the village to join her and change their lives? And most importantly, will she be able to re-wire the traditional minds of the Bedouin community that stand in her way? Written by Jehane Noujaim See less Read more: Plot summary

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