The Day I Became a Woman

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Marzieh Meshkini's Iranian film: three stories of Iranian women at three ages; among the best-known Iranian films on women.

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Women

Screening Room

Format
Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released
2000 CE · 1421 AH†
Countries
IR
Approach
drama of Muslim life

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Overview

An Iranian film by Marzieh Meshkini about three stories of Iranian women at three ages; one of the best-known films about Iranian women. 1 2

People and things also explored

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· The Prophet's marriage to Khadija

Sources

  1. Wikidata
  2. IMDb
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islam.museum contributors. “The Day I Became a Woman”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/yawm-asbaht-imraa-2000/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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Jāhilī Marriage Forms

Four pagan marriage forms — common, istibda‘ (lending a wife for a better lineage), communal paternity assignment, and wife-swapping (al-badal) — Islam abolished all but the first.