Dolls - A Woman From Damascus

Production year: 2008
Country: Syria
Director: Diana El Jeiroudi
Producers: Orwa Nyrabia & Diana El Jeiroudi
Co-producer: Mikael Opstrup

In a traditional Damascene milieu, Manal is challenged to cherish her excellence as a housewife. Still, she insists on chasing a personal dream of getting back to work. As she tries to get hold of all ends together insistently and restlessly, her two young daughters are mesmerised by the smiling face they see on TV every day. For here comes the Arab phenomenon doll, Fulla. Behind Fulla’s smile is her marketing manager, who particularly knows that Damascene society traditions are top-selling products. And that by personifying these traditions alone, Fulla was able to push Barbie off her throne not only in Syria, but throughout the Arab world.