a bit more on Wadjda

The movie was so much fun--Wadjda is so canny and yet so good-hearted--and so are most of the people in the film, which is part of what I loved about it. Her pal Abdullah has an uncle who's running for public office, and at the start of the film they're both joking about his powerful-looking mustache. Abdullah lends her his bike so she can learn to ride, and even offers to give it to her at one point, but she refuses: "If I have your bike, then how would we race?" When two older girls are nea...