A Stranger in Her Own City
2006·Documentary·30m
7.1
★
A documentary short that follows a 13-year-old girl named Nejmia, who lives in Sana’a and refuses to wear the veil.
Directed by Khadija Al-Salami
short film
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Popular Reviews
4 reviews
Darce
7.0★ · 06/19/26
A representação mais crua do feminismo que eu já vi em mídia, te amo Najmia!
A representação mais crua do feminismo que eu já vi em mídia, te amo Najmia!
K
10.0★ · 04/25/25
It breaks my heart that Najmia’s dad forced her to wear the niqab and pulled her out of school. I really wish she had the chance to move somewhere else like the UAE or a western country so she could keep studying and make her own choices about what to wear
Watching this documentary really opened my eyes to what life is like in my home country, Yemen. It made me realize how lucky I am not to have been born there. Women there live such restricted lives just wearing the hijab isn’t enough. It’s a strict, fundamentalist, ultra-conservative, war-torn country and i honestly just feel sad for the innocent women, children and the few men who don’t follow that harsh way of thinking
Watching this documentary really opened my eyes to what life is like in my home country, Yemen. It made me realize how lucky I am not to have been born there. Women there live such restricted lives just wearing the hijab isn’t enough. It’s a strict, fundamentalist, ultra-conservative, war-torn country and i honestly just feel sad for the innocent women, children and the few men who don’t follow that harsh way of thinking
It breaks my heart that Najmia’s dad forced her to wear the niqab and pulled her out of school. I really wish she had the chance to move somewhere else like the UAE or a western country so she could keep studying and make her own choices about what to wear
Watching this documentary really opened my eyes to what life is like in my home country, Yemen. It made me realize how lucky I am not to have been born there. Women there live such restricted lives just wearing the hijab isn’t enough. It’s a strict, fundamentalist, ultra-conservative, war-torn country and i honestly just feel sad for the innocent women, children and the few men who don’t follow that harsh way of thinking
Watching this documentary really opened my eyes to what life is like in my home country, Yemen. It made me realize how lucky I am not to have been born there. Women there live such restricted lives just wearing the hijab isn’t enough. It’s a strict, fundamentalist, ultra-conservative, war-torn country and i honestly just feel sad for the innocent women, children and the few men who don’t follow that harsh way of thinking
Robert Frobisher
8.0★ · 04/20/26
lizPRO
10.0★ · 02/03/26
K
10.0★ · 12/01/24