Casablanca Calling

Spoken: Arabic. Subtitles: Dutch.

In a country where over 60% of the women have never been to school, a new generation of women have started to work as official Muslim leaders: Morchidat or spiritual guides. Casablanca Calling follows three Morchidat – Hannane, Bouchra and Karima – as they set out to change their country, starting at street level. The Morchidat have a mission: to teach an Islam based on compassion, tolerance and equality, and to separate its true teachings from prejudice, misinterpretation and misunderstanding. Their work takes them into mosques, schools, homes, orphanages, prisons, and out in the countryside. They support the education of women and girls; campaign against early marriage; and encourage young people to build a better Morocco, rather than dreaming of life in the West. Casablanca Calling is the story of a quiet social revolution in Morocco.

Winner of One World Media Award 2015, Women's Rights in Africa.