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Wadjda: Directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour. With Reem Abdullah, Waad Mohammed, Abdullrahman Al Gohani, Ahd. An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
WADJDA is a 10-year-old girl living in a suburb of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Although she lives in a conservative world, Wadjda is fun loving, entrepreneurial and always pushing the boundaries of what she can get away with.
WADJDA is a straightforward tale of a young girl Wadjda (Waad Mohammed) growing up in a suburb of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, who wants to buy a bicycle. Unable to find the money to do so, she enters a competition to speak the Koran in public with a substantial cash prize.
Wadjda (2012) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
2012 Winner Don Quixote Award - Special Mention. Haifaa Al-Mansour. The Jury is impressed by the courage of the director Haifaa Al-Mansour for formulation a desire of an Islamic society that fully accepts equal rights for men and women.
Wadjda: Directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour. With Reem Abdullah, Waad Mohammed, Abdullrahman Al Gohani, Ahd. An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
The religion club leader tells the girls that they shouldn't touch the Koran while having their periods. Wadjda falls off a bike and complains that she is bleeding - her mother asks "What's bleeding, your virginity?"
8 Photos. Andrzej Wajda is an Academy Award-winning director. He is the most prominent filmmaker in Poland known for The Promised Land (1975), Man of Iron (1981), and Katyn (2007). He was Born on March 6, 1926, in Suwalki, Poland.
Ahd Hassan Kamel is an award winning actress and filmmaker from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She is best-known for her role as Fatima in the 2018 BBC2 /Netflix series, Collateral. and her starring role in the 2014 BAFTA-nominated film, Wadjda. Ahd grew up in Saudi Arabia and moved to New York City in 1998.
International Trailer An enterprising Saudi girl signs off for her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
