Gamboo3as: literally big hair news

Gamboo3a Revolution, released in 2011 and inspired by the animation series Shabeyat Al Cartoon, revealed a few tricks of the trade in mocking women's attempts to attract attention with their hair-raising antics.

The film, the first directed by Al Madani, won awards at the Dubai International Film Festival and Gulf Film Festival and was recently screened at Arabian Film Days in Norway.

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Gamboo3as: literally big hair news

The extreme lengths young Emirati women go to in a bid to raise their shaylas – as well as a few eyebrows – was the focus of a tongue-in-cheek short film produced by three university friends titled Gamboo'a Revolution