Destiny
المصير
Youssef Chahine's film about Ibn Rushd in Almohad Cordoba on the eve of the burning of his books — a deliberate parallel with 1990s Egypt and religious militancy.
Depth
At a glance
- Identifiers
- Wikidataimdbelcinema
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Dissent, heresy and freethoughtTradition versus culture
Screening Room
- Format
- Film · About Islam
- Released
- 1997 CE · 1418 AH†
- Countries
- EG · FR
- Languages
- ar (original) · fr (original)
- Approach
- historical drama
- Titles in other languages
- المصيرLe DestinDestiny
Reception
- Ban (EG). A lawsuit sought to ban the film in Egypt on blasphemy grounds; the case was rejected in court.Debated
Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.
Check it against the record:ابن رشد الحفيد
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Connections
- About
- ابن رشد الحفيد
- Set in
- Cordoba· The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Features
- Nour El-Sherif· Khaled El Nabawy· Laila Elouy· Mahmoud Hemida· Safia El Emari· Mohamed Mounir· Ahmed Fouad Selim· Hani Salama
- Directed by
- Youssef Chahine
People and things also explored
ابن رشد الحفيد· Cordoba· جامع قرطبة· خزانة كتب قصر قرطبة· وقعة الأرك· فتح قرطبة· حصار الأذفونش قرطبة ودخولها في طاعة الموحدين· استيلاء العدو على قرطبة
Sources
- Wikidata
- IMDb
- elCinema
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Destiny”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/al-massir-1997/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.