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The President's Cake (2026)
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A child sent to find cake ingredients gives this Arabic-language Iraqi story a simple, urgent route through a much larger system of scarcity and fear. The 1990s setting is explained through what Lamia can and cannot obtain. Its wider 2026 release makes it a newer starting point, with real danger under the child's resourcefulness.
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About The President's Cake
While people across 1990’s Iraq struggle to survive, 9-year-old Lamia has been selected to prepare a cake to celebrate the President’s birthday. In a landscape of fear and scarcity, where basic ingredients are nearly impossible to find, Lamia sets out on a determined journey throughout the big city in search of eggs, flour, and sugar. Accompanied by her grandmother, her loyal friend Saeed, and her pet rooster Hindi, she navigates vendors and police officers along the way.