Dawn of Islam

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Dawn of Islam (1971)

Directed by Salah Abu Seif

Drama, History · 2h 16m

This is the story of young Hassem, the son of a powerful sheik, set at the beginning of Hegira. When the youngster's uncle is murdered, Hassem decides to go to Mecca with a view to finding the culprit and punishing him. But what he discovers there is not the murderer but the prophet Muhammad. Touched by grace, Hassem converts to the new religion and comes back to his village to propagate the new faith. Which is not to his father's liking, since the Muslim religion is opposed to feudal rights and privileges. The infuriated sheik curses his son and starts persecuting the new converts.

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Cast

Hamdy Ahmad
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Malnya Ahmed
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Abdel Rahman Ali Mahmoud Moursy Nagwa Ibrahim Yehia Chahine Samiha Ayoub Aida Abdel Aziz Ali Al Sharif Ahmed Tawfiq

Crew

Director
Salah Abu Seif
Writer
Abdel Hamid Gouda El Sahhar, Salah Abu Seif
Director of Photography
Abdel Aziz Fahmy
Editor
Hussein Afify

Details

Original title
فجر الإسلام
Release date
1971-02-01
Runtime
2h 16m
Genres
Drama, History
Original language
AR
Spoken languages
Arabic
Countries
Egypt