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The Women's Affairs Center in Gaza is preparing to launch its first festival for women's films before the end of 2009, reported Menassat.

To be held under the title "Gaza in the eyes of women," the festival aims to shed light on the cinema of women and highlight the creativity existing in ranks of Arab and Palestinian women. It will launch in September 2009 at the Rashad al-Shawa cultural center in Gaza City.

The festival is projected to screen around 50 films, which will include local entries, as well as films from Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, Morocco, Sudan and Jordan.

The participating local films focus on Palestinian women's issues, especially the life of Palestinian women living in Gaza during the Israeli blockade, the December/January war on Gaza and overall themes such as violence, and divorce.

The three-day event will also include workshops to discuss the movie making process using films chosen by the committee during the festival.

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