When Maryam Spoke Out
Directed by	Assad Fouladkar
Written by	Assad Fouladkar
Produced by	Assad Fouladkar The Lebanese American University
Starring	Bernadette Hodeib Talal El-Jordi Renée Dik Umaya Lahoud Joseph Abu-Dames Randa Alam
Cinematography	Joseph Chmali
Music by	Nidaa Abou Mrad
Release date	October 6, 2001 (2001-10-06) (Mill Valley Film Festival)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Lebanon
Language	Arabic

When Maryam Spoke Out (Arabic: لمّا حكيت مريم, romanized: Lamma hikyit maryam) is a 2001 Lebanese film directed by Assad Fouladkar and it is based on a true event that happened in Lebanon.

It is a social story about a couple, Ziad and Maryam, who lead a happy marriage, except for the fact that after three years of marriage Maryam has still not had a baby. Her husband Ziad is compassionate and assures her, that he still loves her. Nonetheless, Maryam cannot escape the growing pressure from the family, especially from her mother-in-law. She reacts to it in her own way with a false pregnancy. The initial enthusiasm and care is quickly gone when it becomes clear they are not really expecting a baby.

When Maryam Spoke Out is Fouladkar's first feature film. ^[1]

After three years of happily married life, Ziyad and Maryam feel the social pressure to have a child. Their previously happy relationship becomes poisoned when it is discovered that Maryam is infertile.

• Bernadette Hodeib as Maryam
• Talal El-Jordi as Ziyad
• Renée Dik
• Umaya Lahoud
• Joseph Abu-Dames
• Randa Alam

• Best performance by an actress for Bernadette Hodeib at the sixth Biennale des Cinemas Arabes, 2002, Paris, France.^[2]
• Best Film and Best performance by an actress for Bernadette Hodeib at the Carthage Film Festival, 2002, Carthage, Tunisia.^[3]
• Best Film and Best performance by an actress for Bernadette Hodeib at the Alexandria Film Festival, Egypt ^[1]
• Best actress for Bernadette Hodeib, Critics Award and the Golden Dagger for Assad Fouladkar at the Muscat Film Festival, 2003, Amman.^[3]

• When Maryam Spoke Out at IMDb