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Cairo Conspiracy

A fisherman's son is offered the chance to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, but he soon becomes a pawn in the conflict between Egypt's religious and political elites.

Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the privilege of studying at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the centre of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival in Cairo, the university's highest-ranking religious leader, the grand imam, suddenly dies, and Adam soon becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt's religious and political elites.

In Arabic with English subtitles.

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1 hour, 54 minutes

Last on

Sat 2 Aug 202521:35
BBC Four

Credits

ZizoMehdi Dehbi
Colonel IbrahimFares Fares
Adam's fatherSamy Soliman
Blind Sheikh NegmMakram J Khoury
AdamTawfeek Barhom
Sheikh Al DuraniRamzi Choukair
Sheikh Omar BeblawiJawad Altawil
HarunAmr Musad
SuhbyMoe Ayoub
SolimanSherwan Haji
RaedAhmed Lassaoui
Village ImamHassan El Sayed
General Al SakranMohammad Bakri
DirectorTarik Saleh
WriterTarik Saleh

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