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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

علي: الخوف يأكل الروح

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul.

Depth

At a glance

Identifiers
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Review
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Refugees, migrants and diasporaMuslim minorities under non-Muslim ruleFamily, marriage and kinship

Screening Room

Format
Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released
1974 CE · 1394 AH†
Countries
DE
Languages
de (original) · ar (original)
Approach
drama of Muslim life
Depiction of sacred figures
The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

Overview

A classic film by Fassbinder about a Moroccan migrant worker in Germany who marries an elderly German woman; one of the greatest films about Muslim migrants in Europe. 1 2

People and things also explored

Brick Lane· Mo· Head-On· The Arabs and their peoples before Islam· Judham· Kinda· Tayy· Imran ibn Amr Muzayqiya

Sources

  1. Wikidata
  2. IMDb
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islam.museum contributors. “Ali: Fear Eats the Soul”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/ali-takulu-al-ruh-1974/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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