At a glance

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History-writing and social thought Tradition versus culture Family, marriage and kinship

Screening Room

Format: Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released: 1969 CE · 1389 AH†
Countries: EG
Languages: ar (original)
Approach: historical drama
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

Shadi Abdel Salam's classic Egyptian film about a tribe that trades in the mummies of the pharaohs and the struggle of its son between loyalty and the preservation of heritage; one of the greatest films of Arab cinema. ¹ ²

People and things also explored

Sending infants to Bedouin wet-nurses· Jāhilī Marriage Forms· Waʾd (Infant Burial)· Alif· Barakah Meets Barakah· Joyland· Leila· Ramy

Sources

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islam.museum contributors. “The Night of Counting the Years”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/mummia-1969/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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Sending infants to Bedouin wet-nurses

The custom of the settled Arabs of seeking wet-nurses in the desert for their children, to keep them from the diseases of the towns, strengthen their bodies and nerves, and let them master pure Arabic from the cradle; by it the Prophet was nursed among Banu Sa'd ibn Bakr by Halima.