Credits

Country

Zweden

Language

Arabisch

Subtitles

Nederlands

Length

117

Directed by

Tarik Saleh

Starring

Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Mohammad Bakri

Storyline

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 ecomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt’s religious and political elite.