Alaa Al-Eryani

Alaa Al-Eryani (born 1990) is a filmmaker, photographer, writer, and feminist activist from Yemen.[1]

Life

Born in Egypt, Al-Eryani was brought up in Sanaa. After gaining a degree in digital film and television from Limkokwing University, she returned to Yemen in 2012. In April 2013 Al-Eryani founded the Yemeni Feminist Movement, a project on Facebook and Twitter, and has subsequently faced threats for her promotion of women's rights.[2]

In 2013 Al-Eryani was one of the first to write on the case of Nada al-Ahdal, the ten-year-old girl who uploaded a short YouTube video complaining that she was being forced into a marriage contract. She emphasised the difference in attitudes between rural and urban areas:

If you go to a small village, they would tell you that she's crazy for running away from her parents, if you go to these villages, eight-year-olds are being married… Here in the city, where people are generally more educated and aware, they would tell you that it shouldn't happen.[3]

Filmography

Al-Eryani has directed two short films, Insight (2011) and Broken (2016).

References
  1. Benjamin Wiacek, Meet a Yemeni Feminist, La Voix du Yemen, 12 May 2013. Republished Fair Observer, 26 October 2013. Accessed 14 March 2020.
  2. Helle Duus Alex, Ambassador Yemen, SistaEnable. Accessed 20 March 2020.
  3. Abubakr al-Shamahi, Girl's online plea highlights plight of Yemen's child brides, BBC News, 26 July 2013. Accessed 14 March 2020.
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