The Falcon of Quraish

2002–2002· 48 min★ 8.6· War & Politics, Drama

When the Abbasids overthrow the Umayyad Caliphate in Damascus, slaughtering nearly the entire dynasty, one young prince escapes — Abd al-Rahman. Hunted across deserts and seas, he eventually reaches the fringes of the Muslim world and, through sheer will and political genius, founds a new Umayyad emirate in Andalusia. Written by Walid Seif and directed by Hatem Ali, this is the first chapter of their celebrated Andalusian trilogy — epic, human and historically meticulous.

Cast: Jamal Soleiman, Amal Arafa, Sulaf Fawakherji

Director: Hatem Ali