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Inshallah a Boy

Delphine Agut

Aseel Abu Ayyash

Yousef Abed Alnabi

Mouna Hawa

Haitham Alomari

Yumna Marwan

Salwa Nakkara

Mohammad Al Jizawi

Eslam Al-Awadi

Seleena Rababah

Siranoush Sultanian

Serene Huleileh

Amjad Al Rasheed

Rula Nasser

A widow pretends to be pregnant with a son in order to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan’s patriarchal inheritance laws. This thriller from the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival is Jordan’s Official Entry for Best International Film at the Academy Awards.

Drama

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