A Girl Named Mahmoud
1975, Arabic. Directed by Niazi Mostafa.
Hamida dreams of studying at the faculty of commerce and live her life like any ordinary girl, but her narrow minded father wants her to stay at home and wait for her future husband. With the help of her boyfriend Hassan, who is a medical student he arranges for her to disguise herself as a man after lying to her father that his daughter had undergone a procedure and became a male.
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Arabic
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- Released
- 12 May 1975
- Original title
- بنت اسمها محمود
- Country
- Egypt
- Written by
- Bahgat Kamar, Ahmad Abdel Wahab
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A Girl Named Mahmoud runs 110 minutes (1h 50m).
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A Girl Named Mahmoud isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 12 May 1975. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Girl Named Mahmoud?
A Girl Named Mahmoud (1975) was directed by Niazi Mostafa and stars Samir Sabri, Mohamed Reda, Sohier Ramzy.