Barakah Meets Barakah
Feb 15 2016
•1h 28m
•Comedy, Romance
The story of two lovers who are united in an environment hostile to dating of any kind. Barakah is municipal civil servant from Jeddah and an amateur actor in a theatre troupe. Barakah is a wild beauty, who functions as a crowd-puller for her stylish mother’s boutique and runs her own widely-seen vlog. They both defy customs and traditions, as well as the religious police, using modern communication technologies and traditional dating methods.
Cast
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Hisham Fageeh
Barakah
Fatima AlBanawi
Fatima
Sami Hifny
Da'ash
Khairia Nazmi
Daya Sa'adiya
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