Zakia is a maid working for the dancer Nawa'im, who is married to Saber, who divorced her three times and needs someone to marry her. While Zakia goes to the doctors, who advise her she needs to perform an operation to become a man.
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Tahiya Cariocca
نواعم
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Ismail Yaseen
زكية - زكي
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Son of Hamido
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Hasan Fayeq
صابر
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The Secret Police
Wife Number 13
Zeinat Sedki
زرافة
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Son of Hamido
Ladies Barber
Hassan Atla
مدبولي
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The Secret Police
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Abdel Aziz Abu Ellil
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Al Abtaal
A Song on the Passage
Gamal Eldamaty
مساعد الجراح
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Schoolgirl's notes
Imsk haramy
Abdel Moneim Ismail
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The Thief and the Dogs
Son of the Nile
Hussain Ismael
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Cairo Station
Farhat Omar
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Eshaet Hob
Arouss el Nil
Abdel Ghani El Nagdi
العسكري
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Cairo Station
Fawzeya Hegazy
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The Student
Youssef Maalouf Director · Abu Seoud El-Ibiary Writer
First release June 16, 1958 · Produced in Egypt · Original title الست نواعم
Production
Egypt
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Original title
الست نواعم
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Egypt · June 16, 1958
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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