moustafa al akkad dies
Another tragedy strikes and claims the lives of the innocent, this time in Jordan. Among the victims, the renowned Syrian director Moustafa Al Akkad. Such a loss. Best known in the Arab World for his masterpieces Lion of the Desert, aka Omar Al Mukhtar, and The Message as well as its Arabic version Al Risalah, and less known for producing the Halloween movies, he was a truly gifted director who dared to deal with controversial and sensitive issues in his movies which others avoided.
Mai
Mai
posted by Mai at 6:03 PM
3 Comments:
Such a loss :( , he was intending to do a new movie about the victorious Saladin (without historical mistakes) but unfortunately it is all gone now! May god bless his soul.
yeh, I heard that too. It's a shame that this is probably never going to happen. Thanks for the comment, and nice blog you have there.
when we lost moustafa ala'kkad, we didnt lost a regular director. we lost an ideal of the arabic creativity in usa, eventhough he has gone but his works will stay blessed as witness for his creativity, he's tried to shape up the picture of arab and islam in the american society. untill the last day of his life he was dreaming to complete his biggest film "saladin" but it never has seen light.he had a project to do a message to say, i hope that sometime when someone come to continue what moustafa ala'kkad has started......
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