At a glance

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Women Family, marriage and kinship The poor and the worker

Screening Room

Format: Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released: 2019 CE · 1440 AH†
Countries: MA · FR · BE
Languages: ar (original)
Approach: drama of Muslim life
Depiction of sacred figures: The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

Overview

Maryam Touzani's Moroccan film, the first Moroccan film to be nominated for the Oscar for Best International Feature, about a widow who takes in a pregnant woman in secret. ¹ ²

People and things also explored

Jāhilī Marriage Forms· The social condition of the Arabs before Islam· Waʾd (Infant Burial)· The marriage of Fatima and Ali· The Prophet's marriage to Khadija· The Prophet's marriage to Sawda bint Zam'a· Marriage to Zaynab bint Jahsh· The Choice Offered to the Prophet's Wives

Sources

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islam.museum contributors. “Adam”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/adam-2019/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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Jāhilī Marriage Forms

Four pagan marriage forms — common, istibda‘ (lending a wife for a better lineage), communal paternity assignment, and wife-swapping (al-badal) — Islam abolished all but the first.