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 becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt's religious and political elite.

Genres

Cast

Tawfeek Barhom

Adam

Fares Fares

Ibrahim

Mohammad Bakri

General Al Sakran

Makram J. Khoury

Sheikh Negm

Mehdi Dehbi

Zizo

Younes Medhat

Sobhy

Yunus Albayrak

Teacher Of Sharia

Sherwan Haji

Soliman

Hassan El Sayed

Mouloud Ayad

Nazim

Okan Bozkuş

Student

Jalal Altawil

Cheikh Omar Beblawi