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Cairo Conspiracy (Walad min al-Janna)
Directed by Tarik Saleh
Sweden, France, Finland, Denmark
2022
126 mins


Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the ultimate privilege to study at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival in Cairo, the university's highest-ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, suddenly dies, and Adam soon becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt's religious and political elite.
