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Women Family, marriage and kinship Literature

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Format: Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released: 1959 CE · 1378 AH†
Countries: EG
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

A film by Henri Barakat adapted from a novel by Taha Hussein: two rural sisters flee to the city after their uncle kills their sister to wash away the shame. ¹ ²

People and things also explored

Arab naming of children after plants· Jāhilī Marriage Forms· The social condition of the Arabs before Islam· Waʾd (Infant Burial)· Umayr ibn Adi al-Khatmi's mission to kill Asma' bint Marwan· The marriage of Fatima and Ali· The Prophet's marriage to Khadija· The Prophet's marriage to Sawda bint Zam'a

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islam.museum contributors. “The Nightingale's Prayer”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/dua-al-karawan-1959/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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Al-Hamdani observes that the Arabs inclined to name their men after thorny grazing shrubs — for the hardness, sharpness and drought-endurance in them: Talha, Samura, Awsaja, 'Urfuta, Qanada, 'Isiya, Sabra — and their women after the soft plants and fruits: Ghilqa, Bashama, Busra, Sahamma.