Mada Masr praised the film, calling it one of Egypt's cinematic gems. The expanded that the film "breaks every social norm and cinematic cliché of its time. Boy loves girl, boy chases girl, boy sings about girl’s beautiful eyes, and finally boy marries girl. But in
Miss Hanafi the boy is the girl! And he/she chooses celibacy and scolds those who chose to marry." The Al-Hanager Arts Centre in
Cairo celebrated the work of director Fettin Abdel-Wahab as part of the 2007 Egyptian Centennials exhibition, noting him as a pioneer of the social comedy school of Egyptian cinema, and his film
Miss Hanfi as among the most frequently watched and influential. In 2006,
Miss Hanafi was determined by
Bibliotheca Alexandrina as one of the most important 100 films in the history of Egyptian cinema. ==References==