At a glance
- Identifiers
- Wikidataimdbelcinema
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Screening Room
- Format
- Film · Muslim society as setting
- Released
- 2025 CE · 1446 AH†
- Countries
- SA · US
- Languages
- en (original)
- Approach
- historical drama
- Depiction of sacred figures
- The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable
- Titles in other languages
- Desert Warriorمحارب الصحراء
Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.
Overview
"The Desert Warrior" is a historical drama film released in 2025, produced in Saudi Arabia and the United States, directed by Rupert Wyatt. Its leading performers include Anthony Mackie, Sharlto Copley, Ben Kingsley, Aiysha Hart and Ghassan Massoud. A Saudi–American adventure film by Rupert Wyatt set in the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh century, on the eve of the rise of Islam, starring Anthony Mackie and Aiysha Hart; one of the first major Hollywood productions filmed in NEOM. 1 2
Context and reception
This work deals with pre-Islamic Arabia.
Connections
- Set in
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Features
- Anthony Mackie· Sharlto Copley· Ben Kingsley· Aiysha Hart· Ghassan Massoud· Sami Bouajila· Lamis Ammar· Géza Röhrig
- Directed by
- Rupert Wyatt
- Written by
- Rupert Wyatt· Gary Ross· David Self
People and things also explored
The Second Abyssinian Occupation of Yemen· The Battle of Dhu Qar· The Expulsion of Jurhum from Mecca· The First Abyssinian Occupation of Yemen· The Flood of al-Arim (the Bursting of Maʾrib Dam)· The Massacre of Najran (Ashab al-Ukhdud)· Liberation and Persian Rule of Yemen· Qusayy ibn Kilab Takes Mecca
Sources
- Wikidata
- IMDb
- elCinema
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Desert Warrior”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/muharib-al-sahra-2025/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.