Original poster artwork · Great Cinema Master List
Spoiler-free premise
A municipal worker and a social-media celebrity try to pursue a relationship within strict public rules.
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Jeddah municipal officer Barakah meets social-media personality Bibi while enforcing public behavior rules. Because unmarried couples have few acceptable places to meet, phones, disguises, work errands, and intermediaries become part of their attempt to date.
Why it belongs
Barakah Meets Barakah transforms romantic logistics into social satire, deploying Jeddah streets, phones, and Khairia Nazmi's celebrity persona to map public restriction.
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Municipal citations, Instagram posts, hotel lobbies, costumes, cars, old photographs, and repeated interrupted meetings make courtship spatially comic—Hisham Fageeh and Fatima AlBanawi give the frustration genuine warmth.
Major award wins
No verified wins in this six-institution crosswalk.
Awards are reference metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20
Institutional reference ranks
Sight & Sound—IMDb Top 250—AFI 100—
Reference metadata only · not part of the 40/40/20 score
Great Cinema Master List scores
Greatness7.9
Engagement8.4
Ease8.8
Arabic · Not Rated Narrative Feature Mood: Charming & Satirical
