Film

Dawn of Islam

1971 · 2h 16m · Drama · History

IMDb

6.2

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.

Hamdy Ahmed

Malnya Ahmed

Abdel Rahman Ali

Mahmoud Moursy

Nagwa Ibrahim

Yehia Chahine

Samiha Ayoub

Aida Abdel Aziz

Ali Al Sharif

Ahmed Tawfiq

• Salah Abu SeifDirector · Writer
• Abdel Hamid Gouda El SahharWriter
• Abdel Aziz FahmyDirector of Photography
• Hussein AfifyEditor

Release date

February 1, 1971

Status

Released

Original language

Arabic

Runtime

2h 16m

Genres

Drama, History