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    Destiny

    Destiny

    Aug. 18, 1997129 Min.
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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.

    Original title المصير
    IMDb Rating 7.1
    TMDb Rating 6.8 35 votes

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    Nour El-Sherif isAverroes/Ibn Rushd
    Averroes/Ibn Rushd
    Hani Salama isAbdallah
    Abdallah
    Rogena isSalma
    Salma
    Layla Olwy isManuella/Gypsy Woman
    Manuella/Gypsy Woman
    Mahmoud Hemida isAl Mansour
    Al Mansour
    Safia ElEmary isAverroes' Wife/Ibn Rushd's wife
    Averroes' Wife/Ibn Rushd's wife
    Mohamed Mounir isMarwan/Poet
    Marwan/Poet
    Seif Abdelrahman isCaliph's Brother
    Caliph's Brother

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