NEW YORK | Seeds of Peace partnered with the Producers’ Club for the second installment of the Leaders² Speaker Series, held on February 26 in New York City.
The event brought together 20 Seeds, Seed parents, board members, and members of the wider Seeds of Peace community for a film screening and question and answer session with New York Times reporter, documentary filmmaker, and Egyptian Seed Mona.
The documentary, Ladies First, chronicles three women running for office and voting for the first time in Saudi Arabia. The event provided an opportunity for the Seeds to gain deeper insight from an alumnus on topics such as reporting in Saudi Arabia, challenges facing democratic reform in the country, as well as women’s rights in the Middle East.
Mona also shared her personal experiences of making the film.
“The Seeds were keenly interested in her perspective,” said Seeds of Peace’s Clarke Reeves, who organized the evening. “Having an intimate setting with which to learn more from Mona, understand the criticism she faced, and see how her Seeds of Peace experience influenced her, provided them with a unique viewpoint into the process of using reporting as a tool for social change.”