Manislam: Islam and Masculinity

Manislam: Islam and Masculinity

58 mins | Documentary | May 20, 2014

Why does a man in Kuwait inspired by the 99 names of Allah and the Quranic stories create a comics and cartoon series about super heroes called The 99? Why does a man in Bangladesh travel from one village to another, teaching the community how to play a board game? Why does a man in Indonesia encourage other men to wear mini skirts in a demonstration? They all have the same goal. They want to change the dark side of the masculinities in their cultures by playing games. They all want to reform Islam. They are the Muslim Davids against Goliath.

Manislam: Islam and Masculinity

58 mins | Documentary | May 20, 2014

Manislam: Islam and Masculinity
Why does a man in Kuwait inspired by the 99 names of Allah and the Quranic stories create a comics and cartoon series about super heroes called The 99? Why does a man in Bangladesh travel from one village to another, teaching the community how to play a board game? Why does a man in Indonesia encourage other men to wear mini skirts in a demonstration? They all have the same goal. They want to change the dark side of the masculinities in their cultures by playing games. They all want to reform Islam. They are the Muslim Davids against Goliath.
Producers Integral Film AS
Original title Mannislam: Maskulinitet og Islam
Directors Nefise Özkal Lorentzen
Writers Jørgen Lorentzen, Nefise Özkal Lorentzen

Cast

Naif Al-Mutawa

as Himself

Ihsan Eliaçık

as Himself

Imtiaz Pavel

as Himself

Syaldi Sahude

as Himself

Ismail Yusanto

as Himself

Joya

as Herself

Jihat

as Himself

Rajia

as Herself