Add/Update Information: Series - Al-Azhar Al-Sharif Manaret El Islam - 1982


    Basic Details

    Title الأزهر الشريف منارة الإسلام
    Title in English Al-Azhar Is the Beacon of Islam
    Title's Translation Al-Azhar Al-Sharif Manaret El Islam
    Original Title
    Release Year 1982
    Runtime 52
    Category Series
    Subcategory
    Status Released
    Is this a coloured title? Yes
    Egyptian Censorship
    MPAA Censorship
    Movie Budget 0
    Poster
    Trailer
    Release Date
    15 February 1982 Egypt true
    Genre
    History
    Country
    Egypt
    Language
    Arabic
    Filming Locations
    Social Media Links

    Cast

    Section Actor

    Name Role/Job Order of appearance Options
    1) Yahya Shaheen 1
    2) Ahmad Mazhar 2
    3) Youssef Shabaan 3
    4) Safaa Abo El Saoud 4
    5) Hamdy Ahmed 5
    6) Hala Fakher 6
    7) Ashraf Abdelghafour 7
    8) Madeiha Hamdy 8
    9) Mohamed El Araby 9
    10) Anwar Ismail 10
    11) Nazim Shaarawy 11
    12) Mohamed El Dafrawi 12
    13) Hassan Hosny 13
    14) Ghassan Matar 14
    15) Medhat Morsi 15
    16) Hamza El Sheimy 16
    17) Mustafa Metwalli 17
    18) Mervat El Gendy 18
    19) Mohamed Ahmed Almasry 19
    20) Nabil Badr 20
    21) Mervat Saeed 21
    22) Fadya Abdel Ghany Fatma 22
    23) Zizi Mostafa 23
    24) Yousri Mostafa 24
    25) Gamal Ismail 25
    26) Samy El Adl 26
    27) Adel Al Mehelmi 27
    28) Rashad Osman 28
    29) Ahmad Maher 29
    30) Sherif Sabry 30
    31) Raouf Moustafa 31
    32) Nabil Al Helfawi 32
    33) Nadia El Noqrashy 33
    34) Samia Amin 34
    35) Mohamed El Shewihy 35
    36) Farouk Suliman 36
    37) Karima El Sherif 37
    38) Azza Gamal 38
    39) Naguib Rushdi 39
    40) Abdel Salam Attiya 40
    41) Sayed El Sawy 41
    42) Medhat Ghaly 42
    43) Abdelrahim El Zarakany 43
    44) Ibrahim El Shamy 44
    45) Abd El Hafeez El Tetawy 45
    46) Zakaria Suleiman 46
    47) Abdel Aziz Ghonaim 47
    48) Ashraf Seif 48
    49) Ashraf Tulba 49
    50) Fotouh Ahmed 50
    51) Mahmoud Hemida 51
    52) Qais Abd Al Fattah 52
    53) Abdel Salaam El Dahshan 53
    54) Abdulrahman Hamed 54
    55) Mostafa Alaa El Din 55
    56) Raafat Fahim 56
    57) Taghreid El Beshbishy 57
    58) Ahmad Abu Abiya 58
    59) Ibrahim Wagdi 59
    60) Mohamed Mahmoud 60
    61) Fakhry Azer 61
    62) Ezzat Al Mashad 62
    63) Muhammad Al Saqqa 63
    64) Abdel Moneim Qinawi 64
    65) Helmy Hilaly 65
    66) Farouk Qamar Al Dawla 66
    67) Reda Hamed 67
    68) Gamal Abdel Hamid 68
    69) Anwar Abd Moneim 69
    70) Moamen Al Bardisy 70
    71) Mustafa Abdullah 71
    72) Abdel Hay Azab 72
    73) Farouq Ramadan 73
    74) Manal Zaki 74
    75) Adel Anwar 75
    76) Ahmed Loxer 76
    77) Ahd Neimat 77
    78) Mohamed El Sharqawy 78
    79) Adel Borham 79
    80) Mohammed Elshershaby 80
    81) Tawfiq Al Kurdi 81
    82) Ahmad Akl 82
    83) Samir Aziz 83
    84) Kamal Abdel Aziz 84
    85) Amal Ibrahim 86
    86) Sayed Abo El Seoud 87
    87) Hassan Shebl Adam 88
    88) Najwa Rabei 89
    89) Adel Zakareia 90
    90) Ibrahim El Daly 91
    91) Jalal Rajab 92
    92) Imam Al Saftawy 93
    93) Hamdi Sharaf El Din 94
    94) Rashwan Saeed 95
    95) Mahmoud Abdulghaffar 96
    96) Kamal El Dessouky 97
    97) Mamdouh Aql 98
    98) Fathy Al Sayed 99
    99) Abdullah Al Safati 100
    100) Reda Rabie 101
    101) Mohamed Walaa El Din 109
    102) Ahdy Sadek 110
    103) Mostafa El Kawawy 111
    104) Tawfiq Abdul Hamid 112
    105) Sawsan Badr 113
    106) Reda Al Jammal 114
    107) Rashwan Tawfiq 115

    Section Cinematographer

    Name Role/Job Order of appearance Options
    1) بدر تاس Gaffer 1
    2) Onsy Boulis Gaffer 2
    3) عبدالله مصطفى Director of Photography 3
    4) Mohammad Thabet Director of Photography 4
    5) سعد عبدالجواد Director of Photography 5
    6) Mahmoud Hamed Director of Photography 6
    7) Maher Abu Daqiqa Director of Photography 7
    8) سامي عزوز 8
    9) Hosni Mahmoud 9
    10) Nargis Farid 10

    Section Sound Engineer

    Name Role/Job Order of appearance Options
    1) إبراهيم ندا 1
    2) Sayed Fergani Sound Assistant 2
    3) Omar Al.Shamy Sound Assistant 3
    4) Mohamed Farouk Sound Assistant 4
    5) Mohamed Diaa El Din Sound Assistant 5
    6) Hussein Aref 6

    Section Director

    Name Role/Job Order of appearance Options
    1) Ahmed Tantawy Director 1
    2) Magdy Abu Emira Executive Director 2
    3) Mohammad Tantawi Co-director 3
    4) Magdy Lotfy Co-director 4
    5) Toussoun Amer Co-director 5

    Section Music Composer

    Name Role/Job Order of appearance Options
    1) أحمد حسن الباقوري 1
    2) Gamal Salamah 2
    3) Mohamed Roushdy Singer 3
    4) Hussein Aref 4

    Section Producer

    Name Role/Job Order of appearance Options
    1) Television of the Arab Republic of Egypt Producer 1
    2) يوسف عثمان 2
    3) Mahmoud El Sangary 3
    4) Mahmoud Kattab Production Director 4

    Section Art Director

    Name Role/Job Order of appearance Options
    1) Hossam Mustafa Art Director 1
    2) Olfat Gouda Art Director 2
    3) Manal El Tobgy Art Director 3

    Section Makeup Artist

    Name Role/Job Order of appearance Options
    1) Aziz Ibrahim Make-up 1
    2) إيمان هنداوي 2
    3) عبدالحليم عبدالجواد Hair 3

    Section Other

    Name Role/Job Order of appearance Options
    1) محاسن أبو المجد 1
    2) Abdel Salam Attiya 2
    3) سيد جاد 3

    Section Costume Designer

    Name Role/Job Order of appearance Options
    1) أمال رضوان Costume Design 1
    2) Widad Attia 2

    Section Writer

    Name Role/Job Order of appearance Options
    1) Amina El Sawy Writer 1

    Section Casting

    Name Role/Job Order of appearance Options
    1) يحيى أبو طالب Casting 2

    Section Distributor

    Name Role/Job Order of appearance Options
    1) Financial and Economic Affairs Sector - R.T.U - A.R.E Distributor 2

    Section Editor

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    Section Stuntman

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    Section Photographer

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    Section Public Relations

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    Section Graphic Designer

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    Section Laboratory

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    Section Dubbing

    Name Role/Job Order of appearance Options

    Synopsis

    Name Synopses Official ? Options
    farah ashraf A historical drama that depicts the role of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif throughout history as a beacon of Islam and Muslims, and the resistance of its men to occupation and tyranny in different periods of history in Egypt. 214

    Summaries

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    Reviews

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    Episodes

    Season Episode Duration Title Summaries Video Options
    1 1 55 1st Episode Sheikh Taher tells his daughter Fatima that he will host a...Read more young American Muslim named Bilal and will provide him with information about Al-Azhar. Sheikh Taher talks with Bilal, Farraj, and his daughter Samah about the establishment of the Cairo Mosque, which was later called Al-Azhar. 286
    1 2 55 2nd Episode Sheikh Taher continues his story about Al-Azhar since its...Read more creation and tells Bilal and Farraj the story of Barjawan, who was one of the servants of Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah the Fatimid (the Ruler by the Order of God). 214
    1 3 55 3rd Episode Sheikh Taher continues his story about Al-Azhar and tells...Read more them that it was the beacon of knowledge in Egypt and the Islamic world, until the year 702 AH and the strong earthquake that caused the building of Al-Azhar to crack and what followed. 243
    1 4 55 4th Episode Sheikh Taher tells Farraj, his friend Bilal and Samah about...Read more the period of Al-Azhar’s rule and its prosperity during the rule of Al-Malik Az-Zahir Sayf ad-Din Barquq, Sultan of Egypt, who was keen to make Al-Azhar a beacon of science and scholars. 246
    1 5 55 5th Episode Dr. Ahmed joins Sheikh Taher’s council and asks the Sheikh...Read more to complete the story of Al-Azhar, where he tells them about the rule of the Sultan Al-Ghuri and his famous battle against Sultan Selim Al-Othmani in the Levant and Tuman bay assuming the rule of Egypt. 261
    1 6 55 6th Episode Sheikh Taher continues his story about the Mamluks and their...Read more intention for the independence of the country after the death of Sultan Selim and their intention also to get closer to the Egyptians and Al-Azhar scholars. 217
    1 7 55 7th Episode Ahmed continues his story about the rule of the Mamluks, and...Read more tells Sheikh Taher and his companions that the period of their rule in Egypt witnessed great treachery and betrayal among them, but their first loyalty was to the Ottoman Sultan as the Caliph of the Muslims. 268
    1 8 55 8th Episode Samah asks Sheikh Taher about the rule of the Mamluks and...Read more how the Egyptian people rose up against them, so he tells her that the Egyptians were divided into two parts during the Mamluk rule, part of them supported Murad Bey and another part supported his enemy Ibrahim Bey. 273
    1 9 55 9th Episode Sheikh Taher continues his story and tells the group that...Read more Sheikh Al-Arousi, the twentieth imam in the chain of sheikhs of Al-Azhar Mosque, led the Egyptians to defend the country against the Mamluks. 199
    1 10 55 10th Episode Ahmed tells his friends Sheikh Taher, Bilal, Farraj, Samah...Read more about General Jacques-François de Menou, who was one of the generals of Napoleon Bonaparte's army, his brutality and his killing of many people in Alexandria, and the Egyptians' hatred towards him. 256
    1 11 55 11th Episode Bilal asks Sheikh Taher to complete the story of the Mamluks...Read more and their story with Napoleon Bonaparte and his famous campaign. He tells them that he wanted to convince the Egyptians that he came to rid them of the Mamluks, and in return control them. 249
    1 12 55 12th Episode Bilal continues the story of Egypt and Al-Azhar during the...Read more period of Napoleon Bonaparte and tells the group that the revolutionary Umar Makram confronted the injustice of Napoleon and united the Egyptians to defend their country. 229
    1 13 55 13th Episode Bilal continues the story of the French campaign on Egypt...Read more and tells the group that after the execution of Mohamed Korayem, the Egyptians revolted against the French and joined hands to kick them from the country. Among these revolutionaries were Suleiman al-Halabi, his sister Salma and Mujahid. 295
    1 14 55 14th Episode Sheikh Taher continues telling the group that the noblemen...Read more and scholars of Al-Azhar played a major role in the expulsion of the French campaign from Egypt. 155
    1 15 55 15th Episode Dr. Ahmed tells his friends of the injustice of the French...Read more general Kléber after he pointed his cannons towards Cairo and burned a large part of it, which prompted the Egyptians to unite against him and devise a plan to take revenge on him. 239
    1 16 55 16th Episode Umar Makram asks for the formation of revolutionaries to...Read more defend Cairo from the hands of Kléber. Sheikh Taher tells the group that the people did not surrender to the oppression of Kléber and decided to take a serious step to retaliate against the French campaign. 263
    1 17 55 17th Episode Murad Bey tells General Menou that Al-Azhar is preparing its...Read more men and scholars to carry out a massive revolution against the French, and warns Menou of the people's backlash if he tries to come near Al-Azhar. 207
    1 18 55 18th Episode Menou tries to get close to the men of Al-Azhar so that the...Read more Egyptians do not revolt against him. A decision is issued to dissolve the Egyptian courts and introduce French law and apply it on the Egyptians. 205
    1 19 55 19th Episode Al-Azhar men and sheikhs ask the French general to release...Read more Sheikh Al-Sadat, one of Al-Azhar professors and head of the Revolutionary Committee that was formed to organize the resistance against the French, but he refuses. 221
    1 20 55 20th Episode Taher tells his friends Bilal, Farraj, and Samah about the...Read more beginning of Muhammad Ali Pasha's rule in Egypt, and his support for the men and sheikhs of Al-Azhar to win the trust of the Egyptian people. 200
    1 21 55 21st Episode Sheikh Taher tells the story of the conflict between...Read more Muhammad Ali and Hurshid Pasha, who orders Muhammad Ali to fight the Mamluks in the far reaches of Upper Egypt in order to get rid of him and them, but Muhammad Ali defeats them. 231
    1 22 55 22nd Episode Muhammad Ali Pasha asks his wife to prepare his children to...Read more help him in his upcoming battles, and the mother fears for her children and tries to change his mind to no avail. 173
    1 23 55 23rd Episode Al-Azhar men and sheikhs discover that Muhammad Ali is...Read more trying to impose his control over the country, and they notice a significant change in his treatment of them after he initially tried to gain their trust and affection. 223
    1 24 55 24th Episode The statesmen and sheikhs of Al-Azhar are angry with...Read more Muhammad Ali after imposing huge taxes on the poor and the common Egyptian people, and they ask him to change his decision, but he refuses. 192
    1 25 55 25th Episode Mujahid tells his wife Salma about the massacre of the...Read more castle (the massacre of the Mamluks at Cairo) after Muhammad Ali invited all the Mamluks in the country inside the castle, and shot them, but only one Mamluk named Amin survived. 233
    1 26 55 26th Episode Sheikh Taher continues his story about Al-Azhar during the...Read more period of Muhammad Ali, telling them that he tried to restore the Egyptian state's prestige, despite his problems with the men and sheikhs of Al-Azhar. 210
    1 27 55 27th Episode Dr. Ahmed tells Sheikh Taher, Farraj, Samah and Bilal about...Read more the great Egyptian revolutionary Ahmed ʻUrabi, the leader of the Urabi revolution against Khedive Tawfiq. 165
    1 28 55 28th Episode Princess Jamila Fadel asks the Khedive to get rid of the...Read more revolutionary leader Ahmed ʻUrabi, but he asks her to wait, especially since he has friends from the English army who will help him in that. 197
    1 29 55 29th Episode Sheikh Taher tells his companions about the role of Al-Azhar...Read more during the reign of Khedive Tawfiq and the British, and Al-Azhar’s assistance to the Egyptian revolutionary leader Ahmed ʻUrabi in uniting the Egyptian people against the occupation. 243
    1 30 55 Finale Sheikh Taher concludes his story to his companions, telling...Read more them that Al-Azhar Al-Sharif was and still is a beacon of knowledge and scholars in Egypt and the Arab world, which brought great men out of its dome, and was the reason for repelling the enemies of the country throughout history. 291