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Destiny

68% | Aug 18, 1997
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In the 12th century's Andalusia lives Ibn Rushd a prominent Islamic philosopher with his wife Zeinab and daughter Salma. The principality is ruled by Khalifa ElMansour who has two sons, ElNasser, an intellectual that likes Ibn Rush and is in love with his daughter Salma. The younger son Abdallah is more into dancing and poetry, spending most of his times with the gypsy family and getting the daughter pregnant. The Khalifa is depending on the extremists to build his army granting them more power which they use to combat artists and philosophers. The extremists succeed in recruiting Abd Allah and train him to kill his father. Events go on where Marawan, the gypsy singer, is killed and Ibn Rushd's books are burnt. Adapted from the real life of Ibn Rushd AlMasir is Chahine's statement against extremism.

Top Billed Cast

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Nour El-Sherif
Averroes/Ibn Rushd
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Hani Salama
Abdallah
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Rogena
Salma
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Layla Olwy
Manuella/Gypsy Woman
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Mahmoud Hemida
Al Mansour, The Caliph

Featured Crew

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Youssef Chahine
Director
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Kamal Al Taweel
Music
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Yahya Al Muji
Music
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Gaby Khoury
Executive Producer
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Hesham Soliman
Production Director
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Khaled Youssef
Co-Director
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Youssef Chahine
Writer
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Khaled Youssef
Writer
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Rashida Abdel Salam
Editor
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Mohsen Nasr
Director of Photography
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Nahed Nasrallah
Costume Design
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Hamed Hemdan
Art Direction

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