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.

Nonetheless, Maryam cannot escape the growing pressure from the family, especially from her mother-in-law.

The initial enthusiasm and care is quickly gone when it becomes clear they are not really expecting a baby.

[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.