Free Screening of “The Judge”

The Chicago-Kent College of Law Library and the Chicago-Kent Society of Women in Law present a free screening of The Judge, a documentary film that provides rare insights into both Islamic law and gendered justice. 

The screening is open to the public. 

A synopsis of the film states: “Religious courts in the Middle East had historically banned women from adjudicating domestic and family matters—in both the Shari'a courts of Islam and the Rabbinic courts of Judaism—until Kholoud Al-Faqih dares to challenge that history. With the support of a progressive Sheik, Kholoud becomes the first woman judge with an appointment to a Palestinian Shari'a court in the West Bank, bringing a subtle new perspective garnered from her early professional life working with battered women as an attorney in both the criminal and Shari'a courts.” 

This event is part of Chicago-Kent College of Law's annual Diversity Week.