Bilal Abdullah

Khafaya – Secrets is a 2008 Emirati drama film that explores the emotional and psychological struggles of individuals living in a conservative society. The film delves into the hidden emotional conflicts people endure, revealing how they often mask their true feelings behind façades of denial and social conformity.

In the Al-Fareej neighborhood on the shores of the sea in the United Arab Emirates, a young man named Mansour and a girl named Kaltham are in the prime of their lives. Mansour is in love with Kaltham and tries in every way to get her attention. When he finds the best way to do so is by buying her a gift, he finds himself in a predicament of having to come up with the money to buy it.