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Norah

نورة

Tawfik Al-Zaidi's Saudi film about a girl in a remote 1990s village dreaming of art; the first Saudi film in Cannes' official competition.

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Identifiers
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Review
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WomenImages and figural art

Screening Room

Format
Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released
2023 CE · 1444 AH†
Countries
SA
Approach
drama of Muslim life

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

Overview

A Saudi film by Tawfiq al-Zaidi about a girl in a remote village in the 1990s who dreams of art; the first Saudi film in the official competition at Cannes. 1 2

People and things also explored

Aniconism in Islam· Jāhilī Marriage Forms· The social condition of the Arabs before Islam· Waʾd (Infant Burial)· The capture and release of Hatim al-Ta'i's daughter· The Incident of the Slander (Hadith al-Ifk)· Umayr ibn Adi al-Khatmi's mission to kill Asma' bint Marwan· The marriage of Fatima and Ali

Sources

  1. Wikidata
  2. IMDb
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islam.museum contributors. “Norah”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/nura-2023/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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Aniconism in Islam

The avoidance of depicting sentient beings in formal Islamic art, especially in worship; a rule that channelled Islamic art toward calligraphy and ornament.