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A Girl Named Mahmoud

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A Girl Named Mahmoud ({{lang-ar|بنت اسمها محمود}}; Bint Ismaha Maĥmood) is a 1975 Egyptian comedy film directed by Niasi Mustafa.

Samar Habib, author of Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations, wrote that the film "exploits the genre of transvestism as comedy" and that "several homoerotic images can be presented safely and innocently to mainstream audiences" through a female character pretending to be a male.^[1] She explained that because no characters consciously desire those of the same sex and because Ĥamida is still a woman, the film puts the audience "at ease".^[2] Habib added that "the question of [whether homoeroticism is forbidden in religion] does not surface so much as the issues of cultural belief, perhaps because the two can sometimes be interchangeable."^[1]

Habib concluded that the film does not successfully thoroughly examine homoerotic desire and that the film "attempts to rationalize homosexuality as a form of transgenderism (women who desire other women must be essentially men)".^[2]

Plot

Ĥamida (Suhair Ramzi) is the daughter of an illiterate widower, al-Ĥag Firghalee. Firghalee attempts to prevent his daughter from studying at a university, so the medical student Ĥassan helps her. After Firghalee reveals he will marry Ĥamida to a boy she dislikes, Ĥassan has her disguise herself as a man, Mahmoud. Ĥassan and his friends lie to Firghalee, telling him they performed transsexual surgery to change Ĥamida into a man.^[1] Ĥamida's disguise has an effeminate appearance, and both male and female employees at Firghalee's furniture shop are attracted to "Mahmoud" and many conclude "he" is a homosexual.^[3]

Firghalee's father mistakenly believes that "Mahmoud" is a homosexual when he sees "him" kiss Hassan. He arranges to have Lawaĥith, a cabaret entertainer, meet "Mahmood" to set "his" sexuality straight, but "Mahmoud" is not attracted to women and is unwilling to sleep with Lawaĥith.^[3] One woman says that she has the child of "Mahmoud" and two women claim to be engaged to "Mahmoud". After a doctor mistakenly states "Mahmoud" is pregnant, Ĥamida reveals her true identity. She and Ĥassan marry.^[4]

Characters

Ĥamida, a young woman who disguises herself as Mahmoud - Suhair Ramzi
al-Ĥag Firghalee, an illiterate widower. After Ĥamida re-appears as a boy, Firghalee is overjoyed to have a son, as he had always wanted one. He tells others that Maĥmood is a formerly-estranged son.^[1]
- Habib describes Firghalee as "simple" and "traditional".^[1]
Ĥassan, a medical student who is in his final year of his coursework. He lives in the same building as Ĥamida.^[1]
Waĥeed, a male whom Ĥamida dislikes. Firghalee tries to get her to marry him.^[1]
Lawaĥith, a cabaret entertainer
Souâd, an individual who desires a romance with "Mahmoud," but faints when "he" reveals himself to be a woman^[4]

References

Habib, Samar. Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations. Routledge, July 18, 2007. {{ISBN|0415956730}}, 9780415956734.

Notes

1. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶Habib, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=LylZ8mvsPlIC&pg=PT126 126].
2. ^¹Habib, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=iNK5jWJxvrAC&pg=PA129 129].
3. ^¹Habib, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=iNK5jWJxvrAC&pg=PA127 127].
4. ^¹Habib, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=iNK5jWJxvrAC&pg=PA128 128].

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