Egyptians may have the lead in producing Arabic movies, but Syrians are their fierce rivals when it comes to soap operas. Popular Syrian soap operas include comedies, family dramas, and historical docu-dramas. In this paper, I examine a family drama which aired during Ramadan 2010 entitled "Ma malakat aymanakum" (literally, "that which your right hands possess," referring to Q 4:3, the last line in the so-called "polygamy verse"). The series was highly controversial, and the Sunni religious right called for banning it in Syria. The focus of the narrative is a stereotypical conservative Sunni family. The father is a shaykh, the women wear face-veils, and the son sports a beard and wears religious clothing (i.e. white dishdashas that end above the ankle). The storyline follows the daughter in her journey of sexual and civic "liberation" which takes her westward to France where she first takes off her veil and then the scarf. On the one hand, the narrative replays Orientalist stereotypes. On the other hand, the ending symbolically subverts the Orientalist meanings. By discussing the soap opera "Ma malakat aymanakum" I critique liberal conceptions of 'freedom,' (neo)Orientalist notions of 'otherness,' and religion in the context of globalization.