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Status
Released
Release
2022
Runtime
2h 1m
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A fisherman's son is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival, the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, dies and the young student becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt's religious and political elite.
19 Cast Members
Tawfeek Barhom
Adam
Fares Fares
Ibrahim
Mohammad Bakri
General Al Sakran
Makram J. Khoury
Sheikh Negm
Mehdi Dehbi
Zizo
Younes Medhat
Sobhy
Yunus Albayrak
Teacher Of Sharia
Sherwan Haji
Soliman
Amr Mosad
Harun
Hassan El Sayed
Zain Alabdin A. Fallatah
Youssef Salama Zeki
Biology Teacher
Ahmed Laissaoui
Mouloud Ayad
Nazim
Ayman Fathy
Soldier
Okan Bozkuş
Student
Moe Ayoub
Sobhy
Ramzi Choukair
Cheikh Durani
Jalal Altawil
Cheikh Omar Beblawi
