Name:	Tania Kamal-Eldin, Visiting Professor Independent Filmmaker tkamalel@weber.ucsd.edu
Education:	M.F.A. University of California U.S., Visual Arts, 2001 M.Sc. London School of Economics U.K., Political Economy
Honors and Awards:	• Jacob Javits Fellowship in the Visual Arts Department, UCSD (1997-2001) • Russell Foundation Production Grant (1998) • Jerome Foundation and the National Endowment of the Arts (1993)
Work:	Her documentary work focuses on the complex interactions of gender, race and representation in relation to the Middle East. Her concern with these issues is directly informed by her multicultural experiences of having lived abroad (in Egypt and Europe) and having an Egyptian father and an American mother. In Covered (1995), Tania uses a conventional documentary style to examine the reasons behind women’s choices to veil in Cairo, Egypt. Hollywood Harems (2000) uses footage appropriated from a wide range of Hollywood films to explore and deconstruct stereotypes of women and challenge issues of gender, Orientalism, and Otherness. Her most recent project, Cairo Chronicles explores cross-cultural or ‘hybrid’ identities like hers that are prevalent due to the plethora of travel, intermarriage, fusing of cultures through communications, and globalization. Cairo Chronicles is a nostalgic tribute that casts a critical look at modern Cairo, an urban legacy of colonialism. Tania's documentary work has an international audience. Her productions have been screened in competitive festivals in the U.S. and abroad and have been broadcast on public television. They are distributed internationally by Women Make Movies. Tania's background in journalism has been instrumental in her development as a documentary filmmaker. She has applied the investigative and analytical skills that she learned as a reporter to researching and producing her film and video work. She was the Vatican Radio correspondent for five years as well as a stringer in radio and print for several news organizations. She has also produced a number of short films and music videos
Creative Work:	"Cairo Chronicles"—personal documentary premiering at the Middle East Studies Association Conference, November 20, 2001. "Hollywood Harems"—documentary distributed by Women Make Movies, Inc., 24 minutes/Color 1999. Co-authored "Countries of the Heart"—book of short stories; 1997. "Covered: The Hejab in Cairo, Egypt"—documentary distributed by Women Make Movies, Inc. 25 minutes/Color 1995.
Screenings and Presentations	• Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY, December 2001 • Presentation and screening at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, June 2000 • Turin International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Turin, Italy, April 2000 • Women in the Director’s Chair International Film and Video Festival, Chicago, IL, March 2000 • Women with Vision—A Festival of Film and Video—Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, March 2000 • Presentation and screening at the Middle East Studies Association Conference, Washington D.C., November 1999 • Minneapolis/St.Paul International Film Festival, Minneapolis, MN, April 1999 • LA Freewaves—Museum of Contemporary Art, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA, October 1998 Screenings and Presentations • Presentation of paper at the American Culture/Popular Culture Conference, Orlando, FL, April 1998 • Presentation of multicultural fiction at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, July 1997 • Midwest Film & Video Showcase at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, May 1996 • Women in the Director’s Chair International Film and Video Festival, Chicago, IL, March 1999 • Screening at the Symposium, Life & Politics in the Middle East, sponsored by Critique: Journal for Critical Studies of the Middle East at Hamline University, St. Paul, MN, February, 1996 • Fordham University, New York, NY, April 1996 • USA Film Festival, Dallas, TX, April 1996 • Minneapolis/St.Paul International Film Festival, Minneapolis, MN, May 1996 • Women of Color Film and Video Festival at the University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, May 1996 • Presentation and screening at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, MN, July 1995 • Iowa Women’s Film and Video Festival at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, August 1995 • New York Expo of Short Film and Video at the Tishman Theater, New York, NY, November 1995 • Presentation and screening at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, November 1995 • Presentation and Screening at the Middle East Studies Association Conference, Washington D.C., December 1995 • Screening at Midwest Film & Video Showcase at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, May 1994
Articles:	Kamal-Eldin, Tania, El Alamein: Echoes of a Distant,Yet Familiar Past. Aljadid Vol 2. #7. May 1996: Pg. 9. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, Amelia. (Bakersfield, CA): short story Kamal-Eldin, Tania, Allan Moyle Talks of Films and Writing. Arab News (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), December 20, 1990. Kamal-Eldin, Tania,The Intrigues of Figaro: on and off-stage in Cairo. 1991. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, Cairo’s Opera house shows growing pains. October 1990. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, Kuwaitis in exile: The Struggle of One Woman. October 1990. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, Egypt’s New Power Plans. 8 Days (London, England): August, 1980: Pg. 45. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, Egypt Looks to the Land. Aug. 1980: Pg. 58. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, How Egypt is Luring Investment. Jan. 1981: Pg. 20. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, Egypt: oil in Exchange for Cash. Sept. 1980: Pg. 48. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, One of those Girls. Egyptian Gazette (Cairo, Egypt): Jan. 1992 Kamal-Eldin, Tania, Cheap Gas Prospects Outweight Ruweis Snags The Middle East Magazine (London, England). January 1980: Pg. 64. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, Who Profits? The Minnesota Women’s Press (Minneapolis, MN). May 1994. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, The Hidden face of the Economy: Counting Unwaged Work. Vol.10 #6 June 15-28, 1994. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, Single Mothers in Welfare: Facts and Finance. March 23-April 5, 1994. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, Yankee don’t go Home…Yet. Middle East Times (Cairo, Egypt). Vol. 8, #27. July 1990: Pg. 7-8. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, The Arabic House. Pg. 8 Kamal-Eldin, Tania, American’s Desperate Fight for Her Children in Egypt. Vol. 8, #28, July 10-16: Pg. 1, 1990. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, Unique Cairo Park Will Introduce Children to Culture. May, 1991: Pg. 4. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, Swiss Foundation Combats Child Polio in Uper-Egypt. Vol. 8, #31, July-Aug 1990: Pg. 2. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, Kuwaiti Princess works to Improve Royal Image. October, 1990: Pg 9-15. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, Rotarians Launch Campaign Against Leprosy in Egypt. Vol. 8 #24, June 1990. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, New Book Bares the Soul of Arab Feminism. Pg. 4. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, Sadat Das Ende Eines Pharao. Orientierung April 1984. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, Sadat Shelves Nile Water Scheme. Saudi Business (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia): Dec 1980. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, Egypt Opens Door to Economic Woes. South, The Third World Magazine (London, England): #3, December, 1980: Pg. 54-55. Kamal-Eldin, Tania, El Alamein Hotel. The North American Review (Cedar Falls, IA): June 1986, Vol. 271 #2: Pg. 6-9.
Reviews and recent Community Activities:	Reviews Hollywood Harems-- reviewed in The Middle East Studies Association Bulletin Vol. 35, no.1 (Summer 2001). Countries of the Heart--a book of short stories--reviewed in Calyx: A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, Vol. 18, no. 2 (Winter 1998/99); and Aljadid: A Review & Record of Arab Culture and Arts, Vol. 3, no. 20 (Summer 1997). Covered: The Hejab in Cairo, Egypt--reviewed in The Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Vol.30, no.2 (Winter 1996).Recent Community Activities Presentations • FOX TV Network Interview, December, 2001 • Presentation and screening at the Central Library of the San Diego Public Library San Diego, CA, December, 2001 • Presentation and screening at the Malcolm X Library San Diego, CA, November, 2001 • Presentation and screening at the Women’s Center, UCSD San Diego, CA, May 2001
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