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Children and youth The poor and the worker Law and courts

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Format: Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released: 2018 CE · 1439 AH†
Countries: LB · US · FR · CY · QA · GB
Languages: ar (original)
Approach: drama of Muslim life
Depiction of sacred figures: The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable

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

Overview

A film by Nadine Labaki, winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes and nominated for the Oscar, about a child who sues his parents for having brought him into the world; the highest-grossing Arab film. ¹ ²

People and things also explored

Kin liability for blood money (aqila)· The White Balloon· Casablanca Beats· Children of Heaven· Horses of God· Agriculture in Islam· Ahliyya (legal capacity: to have rights and duties, and to act; its stages from the womb to full maturity, and what impairs it)· Ajr al-mithl (customary wage)

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islam.museum contributors. “Capernaum”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/kafarnahum-2018/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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