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Inshallah a boy: a middle-class woman’s fight against the system

The opening scene of Inshallah a Boy immediately projects the viewer into the core theme underlying the film: an ordinary, middle-class Jordanian mother of a young girl wakes up to find her husband Adnan having died abruptly in his sleep. In the first days following the tragic event, shows of support and affection flow relentlessly from relatives, neighbours, and acquaintances. However, widow Nawal (superbly played by Palestinian actress Mouna Hawa) quickly comes to the realisation that she is now the single mother of a girl, with diminished rights and little legal recourse over her fate and that of her daughter....

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