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A Girl Named Mahmoud, is a 1975 Egyptian movie, directed by Niazi Mostafa, and starring Samir Sabri, Mohamed Reda, Sohier Ramzy. with a runtime of 110 minutes.
A Girl Named Mahmoud is an Egyptian comedy film that turns a battle over education and tradition into a brilliantly absurd scheme. Hamida, the daughter of the conservative furniture shopkeeper Farghali, passes her school exams and burns with ambition to study at the Faculty of Commerce — but her father flatly refuses. With the help of her boyfriend Hassan, a medical student who shares her determination, they concoct an outrageous plan: Hamida disguises herself as a man, convincing her father that she has undergone a gender transition. A sharp social comedy that lampoons patriarchal attitudes toward women's education, the film celebrates female ingenuity in the face of unyielding tradition.
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