{"id":50449,"date":"2018-03-14T13:28:12","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T13:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/jeddah\/en\/lifestyle\/food\/saudi-arabias-first-cinema-school-is-paving-the-way-for-women-in-the-kingdom\/"},"modified":"2018-03-14T13:28:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T13:28:12","slug":"saudi-arabias-first-cinema-school-is-paving-the-way-for-women-in-the-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/jeddah\/en\/news\/saudi-arabias-first-cinema-school-is-paving-the-way-for-women-in-the-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia’s First Cinema School Is Paving The Way For Women In The Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Female students from the Effat\u00a0University in Jeddah spoke to Reuters about their joy once the ban on cinemas were announced to be lifted<\/a>\u00a0months ago. From ‘visual and digital production’, their course title is now being renamed to “cinematic arts”, and that’s just one of the many advantages already exuding after the announcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Everything is about to change”<\/h3>\n

Student Sama Kinsara told Reuters that her university can now drop the old name of her course, as there would be no need to stay under the radar of religious police or anyone opposed to the idea of women filming movies.<\/p>\n

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Saudi women study film making at Effat University in #Jeddah<\/a>. ‘Everything is about to change,’ a first-year student of ‘visual and digital production’ at the University says. https:\/\/t.co\/06xz9BwqQt<\/a> #PressforProgress<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/7lyMuMWsMX<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 My Salaam (@My_Salaam) March 13, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The women-only course even allows students to now film outside university grounds\u00a0<\/h3>\n

It is the first time in the Kingdom that students were able to film outside their academic grounds and students at Effat are one of the first to enjoy this benefit. Studying in a women-only course, one that takes four years to complete, the transition of this course from 2013 up until now is a massive one.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The head of Effat’s Visuan and Digital Production Department, Mohamed Ghazala, told Reuters that “a girl carrying a camera and shooting in the streets is pushing boundaries.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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