“I made the film because it is a personal thing for me. Besides its production values as a film, it has its story, its intrigue, its drama. Besides all this I think there was something personal, being a Muslim myself who lived in the west I felt that it was my obligation my duty to tell the truth about Islam.”

About Moustapha Akkad

Filmmaker • Syrian-American

Moustapha Akkad was a Syrian-American film producer and director renowned for bridging cultural divides between the Islamic world and the West. Born in Aleppo, Syria, he moved to the United States to study film at UCLA...