Offside

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At a glance

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Women Sport

Screening Room

Format: Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released: 2006 CE · 1427 AH†
Countries: IR
Approach: drama of Muslim life

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

Overview

A film by Jafar Panahi about Iranian girls who try to enter a stadium forbidden to women; it won the Silver Bear at Berlin. ¹ ²

People and things also explored

The Swimmers· Obstructing a marriage (adl): the guardian and the husband· Fleshy growth in the wife's womb and the right to annul (afal)· The Arab woman and the international conventions· Family businesses· The woman left unmarried (anus) and the rules on her consent and maintenance· Maleness (dhukura) as a condition in the rulings· The scarcity of female symbols across history

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islam.museum contributors. “Offside”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/autsayd-2006/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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