This was a beautiful little movie. While I don't know much about the religion the movie was simple enough that it filled in any gaps that I had to understand what was going on. The story was simple which allowed for more exploration of the characters, thus making you care more. All round this was a good movie that I recommend for anyone to watch if you get a chance.

A liberal 10 year old girl faces the hardships of her own home country and religion throughout her journey in the movie. Her name is Wajda and she wears converse sneakers to school and barely wears her head gear and gets scolded by her teachers and mom, once in a while for it. One day she is being teased by a boy who she likes to hang out with and he rides a bike, and she promises to beat him in a race when she buys her own bike. However, it is not custom or ordinary to see women riding a bike...Wadjda is an independent girl at the young age of just 10 and i find it very fascinating how immature, but mature at the same time that she can be. When she is at school and sells wristbands and illegal things to make money to buy her bike that cost 800 riyals, the audience feels the strive and determination of a girl who is living under the limitations of religion and a misogynist society. Moreover, Wajda helps a classmate talk to a boy for the payment of 20 riyals and also charges the boy she delivers the note to 20 riyals and gets obtains money in whatever way that she can. Meanwhile, her house structure seems pretty calm and comfortable, with a nice kitchen, living room and even a video game system that is definitely not allowed in the customs of the country. Let alone women cannot wear nail polish, bracelets, and or unveil their hair in public. However, her father and mother are never home and when she sees her father bring home his family tree, that hangs up on the wall, that does not include his daughters name. It only includes the names of the male heirs in the family which foreshadows the departure of her father from her mother to go have another wife to produce an male heir for him. It is sad that this happens to Wajda's mother who did everything to appease him and respect her religion, but in the end it is very nice to see that she changes and tells Wajda that she can do whatever she wants and be whatever she wants and not let anybody change her.

Saudi Arabia has a desert climate, and most people have good living conditions, but men are very dominated by the family. Wadjda is a 12-year-old girl, she is very active, and different from other girls; she wears jeans and skate shoes. She likes to listen to love songs. In Saudi Arabia, women need to wear the headscarf to cover their faces when they go out. Wadjda also should wear the headscarf when she goes to school, the principle has the conversation with Wadjda about her headscarf many times. One day, some friends come to Wadjda's house, but women cannot meet with them; Wadjda and his mother just leave the food at the door. Onetime Wadjda put her name on the family tree, but the second day his father takes it off. Women's names are not allowed to put on the family tree. Women cannot drive, so they have drivers; Wadjda's mother is late to work one day because she has trouble with her driver. Wadjda wants to learn and buy a bike but in their society, women cannot ride a bike. She starts earning money and learns ride bike secretly. Her mother rejects her many times to buy a bike. Finally, her father married to someone else, her mother is so sad and thinks she should make Wadjda happy, so she buys a bike for her.

Wadjda is about a young Saudi Arabian girl who challenges the social laws of Saudi Arabia. The movies main plot line is the struggle of Wadjda trying to get enough money to buy a bike. To get money Wadjda scams some people out of money as well as selling bracelets. The biggest sum of money was going to come from the Quran contest that she won However, there are greater problems within this because in Saudi Arabia girls do not ride bikes. Because of this the teachers do not let her keep the money. Another instance where you see injustice is with Wadjda mom, since in Saudi Arabia she can not drive. This leads her to get a driver and causes problems with her job. The end of the movie was very heartwarming because the mom buys Wadjda the bike instead of buying the dress she wants. Then in the closing scene, the guy Wadjda likes asks her to marry him when they are older.