Series 2019
Boxing Girls
A Saudi gym opens a new space for women
- Country collection
- Saudi Arabia
- Original title
- بنات الملاكمة
- Director
- Samir Aref
- First released
- 2019
Editorial profile. Availability of this series on LAREINE TV has not been confirmed.
The series, without spoilers
An ambitious young Saudi woman opens a gym and begins teaching other women to box. Training becomes part of a wider struggle to build an independent life, with sporting ambitions entangled in family expectations and personal relationships.
Context & recognition
Samir Aref directs the 2019 opening season. Listed as a Saudi and Emirati production, the series features Mila Al Zahrani and Fatema El Hosni.