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East Is East

الشرق هو الشرق

East Is East.

Depth

At a glance

Identifiers
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Review
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Refugees, migrants and diasporaFamily, marriage and kinshipHumour and everyday life

Screening Room

Format
Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released
1999 CE · 1420 AH†
Countries
GB
Languages
en (original)
Approach
comedy
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 comedy about a British–Pakistani family in Salford in the 1970s; the strict Muslim father and his English sons between two cultures. 1 2

People and things also explored

The Arabs and their peoples before Islam· Judham· Kinda· Tayy· Imran ibn Amr Muzayqiya· Jafna ibn Amr· Tha'laba ibn Amr al-Azdi· Abouna

Sources

  1. Wikidata
  2. IMDb
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islam.museum contributors. “East Is East”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/east-is-east-1999/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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The Arabs and their peoples before Islam

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