About film
“An Unprotecting Veil” is a 20-minute documentary short on an incident of mass sexual harassment that happened during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr in downtown Cairo on October 24th, 2006.  Women who were wearing conservative Islamic dresses and veils were harassed alongside uncovered females and even children! This incident shifted how sexual harassment is viewed: no longer can women be to blame because of what they are wearing and now they are not individually responsible for this treatment. This realization calls attention on society’s responsibility to improve this situation for females on the streets in Cairo.

About the filmmaker
AnnaRose King is a current senior majoring in diplomacy and world affairs with a Middle Eastern emphasis at Occidental College. Her interest in human rights issues and the Middle East led her to the creation of an “An Unprotecting Veil” for her final senior comprehensive project.  She will continue her love and curiosity for film next year as a graduate student at the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Post graduate school she aspires to make documentaries for Frontline and dramas like Hotel Rwanda and the like.