Boy from Heaven (2022) on Netflix
Adam, a fisherman's son, is offered a place at Al-Azhar University in Cairo. Soon after he arrives, the Grand Imam dies, and a struggle begins over who will succeed him.
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Adam comes from a poor fishing family in a village near El Manzala. He receives the rare privilege of a place at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the center of Sunni Islam's power. The Grand Imam of al-Azhar, the university's highest-ranking religious leader, dies shortly after Adam arrives, and a power struggle to replace him begins. Egypt's security service, the NSA, strives to install sheikh Beblawi, who has two competitors: the neutral sheikh Negm, who is blind, and the Salafi sheikh Durani. Adam becomes a pawn in the contest between the country's religious and political elite, and he makes friends with Zizu.
