A man bets his whole worldview on a foreign bride—his uncle's about to flip the table.
Mohsen has a bad opinion of the Egyptian girl and decides to marry a foreign girl, but Fouad, who raised him and thought he had been rewarded for her, tries to convince him to change his view and idea of Egyptian girls and that they are more attached to customs Traditions and honor.
Acting
Sabah's screen presence before she became THE Sabah legend.
Production
Lama Studios' polished 1940s melodrama aesthetics.
Director
Ibrahim Lama
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Egypt's 1946 nationalist surge, the film weaponizes domestic virtue against colonial admiration—cinema as soft propaganda.
Sabah was reportedly 14 during filming; this early role launched her into 500+ film career spanning six decades.
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