Banat Hammam

At a glance

Banat Hammam, is a 2025 Egyptian series, directed by Kareem Refaat, and starring Wafaa Amer, Horeya Farghaly, Mohamed Abd El Azim. running for 1 season.

Overview

Banat Hammam is an Egyptian historical drama series that radically reframes the story of Raya and Sakina, two women whose names became synonymous with infamy in early twentieth-century Alexandria. Rather than presenting the pair as common criminals who kidnapped and robbed women, the series clears them of those charges and reimagines them as unlikely heroes operating within the national resistance against British occupation. Told across two different time periods, the drama interrogates how history is written and who gets to be remembered as a villain or a patriot. By weaving the two narratives together, Banat Hammam challenges entrenched popular mythology and offers a provocative feminist re-reading of one of Egypt's most enduring crime legends.

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