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Son of Babylon

ابن بابل

Mohamed Al-Daradji's Iraqi film about a grandmother and grandson searching for a missing man after Saddam's fall; among Iraq's best-known films.

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Identifiers
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Review
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Modern conflictsFamily, marriage and kinship

Screening Room

Format
Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released
2010 CE · 1431 AH†
Countries
IQ · FR · GB
Approach
historical drama

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

Overview

An Iraqi film by Mohamed al-Daradji about a grandmother and her son searching for a missing man after the fall of Saddam's regime; among the best-known Iraqi films. 1 2

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Sources

  1. Wikidata
  2. IMDb
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islam.museum contributors. “Son of Babylon”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/ibn-babil-2010/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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