Djamila
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It was intended to be simply another clever talk show, to run its course satisfying Bosnia and Herzegovina's cravings for celebrity, and then be relegated into abscurity.
Now it's the #1 rated Islamic television in Europe.
Ona Kaze - On Kaze
She Says - He Says
Now it's the #1 rated Islamic television in Europe.
Ona Kaze - On Kaze
She Says - He Says
They pick a topic, and duke it out - and the topics are generally related to Islamic practices. Sex, hijab, prayers, mosque ettiquet, marrying non-Muslims, and so on.
The new Muslim hostess, Naida, has come under fire from every corner of Bosnian society - from moderates who say she's too much a fundamentalist, to fundamentalists who say she's too much of a moderate - and all the while she's providing Bosnians with a female example the country has never known in its history.
Even the advertisements for She Says - He Says depict a relationship between women and men that would've been taboo in Bosnia and Herzegovina just a decade ago.
The new Muslim hostess, Naida, has come under fire from every corner of Bosnian society - from moderates who say she's too much a fundamentalist, to fundamentalists who say she's too much of a moderate - and all the while she's providing Bosnians with a female example the country has never known in its history.
Even the advertisements for She Says - He Says depict a relationship between women and men that would've been taboo in Bosnia and Herzegovina just a decade ago.
Ajsela Mrkic, a sociologist with the University of Islamic Studies in Sarajevo, said she is already witnessing an effect among her students.
"We've always been a fiery lot in our day to day lives, but academically women have been very timid to express their opinions. If a man says: "It's in the Koran", that was the end of it as far as Bosnian women were concerned," Mrkic said. "That's changing. Women are saying, "No, that's not in the Koran", and they're saying their opinions are just as valid as those of an average Bosnian man. This is something we could not have anticipated and the change has been really quite immediate. I hesitate to credit all this change to a single television show but when you ask your students to prepare a biography of their hero, and half the class hands in Naida from She Says - He Says, that really has to take your breath away as a sociologist."
Bravo!
"We've always been a fiery lot in our day to day lives, but academically women have been very timid to express their opinions. If a man says: "It's in the Koran", that was the end of it as far as Bosnian women were concerned," Mrkic said. "That's changing. Women are saying, "No, that's not in the Koran", and they're saying their opinions are just as valid as those of an average Bosnian man. This is something we could not have anticipated and the change has been really quite immediate. I hesitate to credit all this change to a single television show but when you ask your students to prepare a biography of their hero, and half the class hands in Naida from She Says - He Says, that really has to take your breath away as a sociologist."
Bravo!