At a glance

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Women Family, marriage and kinship Humour and everyday life

Screening Room

Format: Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released: 2007 CE · 1428 AH†
Countries: LB · FR
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 about five women in a Beirut beauty salon between love and constraints; one of the most widely distributed Lebanese films internationally. ¹ ²

People and things also explored

Where Do We Go Now?· Obstructing a marriage (adl): the guardian and the husband· Fleshy growth in the wife's womb and the right to annul (afal)· The woman left unmarried (anus) and the rules on her consent and maintenance· Maleness (dhukura) as a condition in the rulings· Jāhilī Marriage Forms· The social condition of the Arabs before Islam· Waʾd (Infant Burial)

Sources

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islam.museum contributors. “Caramel”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/sukkar-banat-2007/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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Where Do We Go Now?

Nadine Labaki's film about a Lebanese village where Muslims and Christians coexist, whose women conspire to head off sectarian violence — Toronto People's Choice winner.