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Wahida, is a 1944 Egyptian movie, directed by Ibrahim Lama, and starring Badr Lama, Bishara Wakim, Mahmoud El Meligy. with a runtime of 110 minutes.
Wahida is an Egyptian romantic drama centered on a young woman of humble origins who grows up in the household of the aristocratic Jalila Hanem. Wahida falls deeply in love with Mamdouh, Jalila's son, but the matriarch refuses the match outright and moves to crush the relationship — banishing Wahida and forcing her into a marriage with Saadawi. Left behind, Mamdouh cannot reconcile himself to the loss; grief consumes him until illness takes hold. The film explores themes of class divides, forbidden love, and the emotional cost of a society that prizes status over the heart. A poignant story of longing and sacrifice set against the rigid social hierarchies of an earlier Egypt.
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