Destiny

Destiny (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.

Director: Youssef Chahine

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	Nour El-Sherif as Averroes/Ibn Rushd
	Hani Salama as Abdallah
	Rogena as Salma
	Layla Olwy as Manuella/Gypsy Woman
	Mahmoud Hemida as Al Mansour, The Caliph
	Safia ElEmary as Averroes' Wife/Ibn Rushd's wife
	Mohamed Mounir as Marwan/Poet
	Khaled El Nabawy as Nasser, The Crown Prince
	Seif Abdelrahman as Caliph's Brother
	Abdullah Mahmoud as Borhan
	Ahmed Fouad Selim as Cheikh Riad
	Faris Rahoma as Youssef
	Ahmed Mokhtar as Badr
	Sherifa Maher as Manuella's Mother
	Fayeq Azab as Al-Razi
	Sanaa Younes as Assailant's mother
	Mohamed Ragab as Assailant
	Hassan El-Adl as Jafar
	Ahmed Sami Abdallah as
	Maher Selim as
	Ahmed Hegazi as
	Magdy Idris as Emir of the Sect
	Mohammad Malas as Assailant's Father
	Hanaa Nassor as
	Jihad Saad as
	Engy Abaza as Sarah
	Ameer Al Assemi as Saad, Assailant's brother

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