The sin between those two girls
Was it because they were (possibly) lesbians or that they just brought magazines and nail polish to school?
shareThe latter, magazines and nail polish.
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Yes, there was no allusion to homosexuality, they were clearly just being teenagers. I'm surprised that the only answer to this question in the Q&A section of the imdb page also brings up the possibility of them having an intimate relationship. I think the scene where the teacher asks "why is your hand under your skirt" was misinterpreted. I guess it is because, to westerners, it sounds preposterous to make a huge deal out of teenagers using nail polish, painting "tattoo" shapes on their body, and reading girlie magazines, but apparently it is a big deal in places like SA.
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It is indeed a reference to lesbianism. The two girls were shown walking hand in hand earlier in another scene. Also, the school principal bans any displays of affection to the student body.
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They weren't lesbians. They tried to hide the nail polish which the head mistress mistook as sexual. Both being shamed, they became isolated and closer to each other.
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That's how I interpreted it too. Not lesbians but misinterpreted as such
shareI came to this site to read up on this very question, and found this thread which obviously comes to no consensus. I thought it may have been lesbianism too. Why else are they paraded up the front of the school, and then all be told that all girls can suddenly show no affection nor hold hands? After all Wadja had no head scarf on at the beginning and wore sneakers, and was simply told to change her ways.
But then again, if it was sexual experimenting may the punishment have been even worse than his? (Maybe not, I don't know either!)
Homosexuality is very common in Saudi Arabia. It is indeed about lesbianism. Here's a really interesting article about Saudi Arabia and homosexuality.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2007/05/the-kingdom-in-the-closet/305774/
They were not doing anything wrong, it's just the teacher saw them there doing something and she due to her dirty, religious mind thought they were doing something wrong or sinful. It is just like those movies about catholic or just christian schools in the past were nuns or priests were so strict and they saw sin everywhere or just having magazines and make up or whatever for boys was saw as a misbeheaving or something a bit sinful.
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