Sawsan Badr – MRQE

Closed Doors

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

During the Gulf War, Fatma works as a maid for a wealthy man, and her son Mohammed is suffering from oppression by his teacher Mansour, who’s having an affair with Fatima, taking advantage of her difficult circumstances. Mohammad gets drawn to extremist religious world led by Sheikh Khalid.

Chord

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A mysterious murder tests the relationship between two sisters, especially because they are at a close age and compete for the love of the same man.

“Into the Dark”

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

678

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Three women seek justice due to the difficult daily situation which sexual harassment causes in the streets of Cairo, Egypt.

Ehky ya Scheherazade

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Heba is a TV presenter interested in broadcasting stories that touch on the everyday secret lives of women and the social injustices they face. Her frank style in broadcasting puts her husband’s job and consequently her marriage in jeopardy.

Dunia

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After studying literature at Cairo University, Dunia, 23 years old, wants to become a professional dancer. She attends audition for an oriental dance contest where she recites Arabian poetry without any body movement. She explain to the perplexed jury that a woman can’t move her body or evoke act of love when society ask women to hide their femininity. She is selected and meet Beshir, an intellectual and activist who will supervise her thesis on ecstasy in Sufi love poetry. Their attraction is mutual. This could be liberation for Dunia but the constraints on women in Egyptian society goes deeper than she suspects.

Hob el banat

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The story of three half-sisters who are united when their father dies and his will dictates they live together if they are to get their inheritance. The three sisters; the passionate Nada, the westernized Roqaya, and the tempered Ghada, have to work out their differences.

Asrar el-banaat

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Graphic portrayal of society’s struggle to balance tradition and modernity in modern-day Egypt. “Girl’s Secrets” tells the story of sixteen-year-old Yasmeen, whose out-of-wedlock pregnancy sparks tragic consequences. The film articulates the many questions on the minds of most Egyptians and Muslims around the world: Should women abide by Islam’s stringent dress code? How can parents screen out unwanted Western influences? Should Egyptian schools teach sex education? Should teen-age boys and girls socialize?

“Captain, The”

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The events of the Captain series revolve around Hossam Waly, a pilot captain who makes an unintended mistake during one of his flights, causing a malfunction that leads to the plane crashing. After he survives as the only one who survived the accident, he is surprised by the appearance of the souls of some passengers who ask him for help in completing some pending tasks that they were unable to accomplish before their death, as their souls become suspended until they are carried out.

Al abwab al Moghlaka

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Mohammed (Ahmed Azmi), distressed by his parents’ divorce, is having problems in school. His mother, Fatma (Sawsan Badr), labors as a maid and puts in extra hours so she can afford a tutor for her son. But when Mohammed’s teacher Mansour (Mahmoud Hemeida) begins dating Fatma, it makes him feel jealous and full of bizarre, incestuous desires. To cope with his confusion, Mohammed turns to a fundamentalist Islamic sect, where he finds friends who convince him he must control his mother’s life.