A Woman's Youth
1956, Arabic. Directed by Salah Abu Seif.
A rural mother sells her only cow in order to enroll her son, an imam (Shukri Sarhan) at Dar al-Uloom College. When an imam arrives in Cairo, he rents a room in the Citadel area from a domineering woman named Shafa'at (Tahiya Karioka) who is fascinated by his youth and vitality and lures him into practicing vice with her. As a result, he stumbles in his studies and health. At this time, a girl whom she and her father knew from a young age helps him to get rid of all the corruption in which he lives, and her father advises him to stay away from intercessions, but the intercessions plots against him in an attempt to stay with her.
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- 2h 0m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Arabic
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- Released
- 9 January 1956
- Original title
- شباب امرأة
- Country
- Egypt
- Written by
- Amin Yousseff Ghurab, Salah Abu Seif
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A Woman's Youth runs 120 minutes (2h 0m).
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A Woman's Youth isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 January 1956. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Woman's Youth?
A Woman's Youth (1956) was directed by Salah Abu Seif and stars Shadia, Tahiya Cariocca, Shoukry Sarhan.