Desert Warrior
محارب الصحراء
Rupert Wyatt's Saudi-backed epic set in seventh-century Arabia on the eve of Islam, starring Anthony Mackie and Aiysha Hart — among the first major Hollywood-scale productions shot at NEOM.
At a glance
- Identifiers
- Wikidataimdbelcinema
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Screening Room
- Format
- Film · Muslim society as setting
- Released
- 2025 CE · 1446 AH†
- Countries
- SA · US
- Languages
- en (original)
- Approach
- historical drama
- Depiction of sacred figures
- The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable
- Titles in other languages
- Desert Warriorمحارب الصحراء
Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.
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Connections
- Set in
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Features
- Anthony Mackie· Sharlto Copley· Ben Kingsley· Aiysha Hart· Ghassan Massoud· Sami Bouajila· Lamis Ammar· Géza Röhrig
- Directed by
- Rupert Wyatt
- Written by
- Rupert Wyatt· Gary Ross· David Self
People and things also explored
The Second Abyssinian Occupation of Yemen· The Battle of Dhu Qar· The Expulsion of Jurhum from Mecca· The First Abyssinian Occupation of Yemen· The Flood of al-Arim (the Bursting of Maʾrib Dam)· The Massacre of Najran (Ashab al-Ukhdud)· Liberation and Persian Rule of Yemen· Qusayy ibn Kilab Takes Mecca
Sources
- Wikidata
- IMDb
- elCinema
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Desert Warrior”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/muharib-al-sahra-2025/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.