Netflix’s AlRawabi School for Girls Explores the Dangerous Price of Seeking Justice

Have you ever thought about how much time girls spend trying to be invisible? To stay quiet, likable, safe—even if it means living in secret? Now imagine doing that in a world where being seen could destroy your life, or where standing up for justice means breaking the rules of a society that’s against you.

Welcome to AlRawabi School for Girls, a Jordanian Netflix series created by Tima Shomali. It’s not just a high school drama. It’s a reckoning with morality, power, and what it really costs to fight back. We meet Layan, the high school bully—full of confidence and a privileged girl coming from an influential family, especially since her father is a powerful man who has authority over the school. But what makes her truly dangerous is her anger and the constant need to get what she wants at any cost, using her popularity as a weapon.

Layan throws shade, spreads rumors, and lets her two best friends help do the dirty work. She targets Mariam through psychological warfare. Layan thinks she has all the power to do what she desires because she’s never held accountable. When Layan and her best friends corner Mariam and beat her up, something in her breaks—but not in the way they expect. Her world doesn’t just fall apart; it explodes. The physical pain is nothing compared to the emotional shatter and trauma they’ve caused. Her reputation, her trust in authority, her sense of safety—it all collapses in seconds. And what’s worse, no one believes her—not even her own mother.

Layan’s cruelty gets out of hand. Her actions purposefully erase Mariam socially and emotionally. Teachers dismiss it. The principal gaslights her. Classmates go silent. It’s not just bullying—it begins with toxic households. So Mariam adapts. She stops begging for help and starts planning revenge in a morally ambiguous way. She begins with low-risk plays.

Then comes Mariam’s final blow. She’s no longer just seeking justice—she’s ready to tear the whole system down. Is she right? Is she wrong? She’s not a hero or a villain, just a teenage girl who’s had enough.

And just when you think she’s won, the story shifts. There’s no clean resolution—only silence, uncertainty, and a question that lingers long after the credits roll. Did Mariam break the cycle of abuse, or was what she did morally wrong?

AlRawabi School for Girls doesn’t offer easy answers—but it will make you feel something. Watch it, and then sit with it.

Written by

Hilda Anki