The Poetess (2017)

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The story of Hissa Hilal, a Saudi woman who used her reality-television fame to speak against religious extremism.
Release Date
Aug 23, 2017
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01h 30m
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The story of Hissa Hilal, a Saudi woman who used her reality-television fame to speak against religious extremism.

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