Roqia Film Review: Possession, Radicalisation, and the Female Gaze
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A film review of "Roqia" that explores the intersection of supernatural possession and radicalisation, focusing on a man who returns home after a car crash with bandaged face and amnesia, fearing he is possessed by an evil jinn. The review examines how the film draws parallels between possession and pregnancy from the perspective of the female lead, Wafaa (Hanaa Mansour).
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They are experiences which many films have compared, pregnancy and possession, but from the perspective of Wafaa (Hanaa Mansour)...
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