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Lion of the Desert 1981 Film Films LibyaUnited States

Moustapha Akkad's film starring Anthony Quinn as the Libyan resistance leader Omar al-Mukhtar; banned in Italy for decades for its depiction of the fascist campaign.

The Message 1976 Film Films United KingdomKuwaitLebanon

An epic film on the birth of Islam directed and produced by Moustapha Akkad, shot in Morocco and Libya in separate Arabic and English versions with different casts, and first shown in London on 29 July 1976 as Mohammad, Messenger of God before being retitled The Message; the Prophet is never seen or heard, Maurice Jarre's score was nominated for an Oscar, and the film was long banned in Egypt, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.