At a glance
- Identifiers
- imdbofficial
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Children and youthScripture and its sciencesWorship and the pillars
Screening Room
- Format
- Documentary · About Islam
- Released
- 2011 CE · 1432 AH†
- Countries
- US · GB
- Languages
- en (original) · ar (original) · wo (original) · ru (original)
- Approach
- documentary
- Depiction of sacred figures
- The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable
- Titles in other languages
- Koran by Heartالقرآن عن ظهر قلب
Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.
Check it against the record:The Qur'an
Overview
"Quran by Heart" is a documentary released in 2011, produced in the United States and Britain. An HBO documentary by Greg Barker following three children from Senegal, Tajikistan and the Maldives in the Cairo International Qur'an Memorisation Competition; a glimpse of a generation of Qur'an memorisers around the world. 1
Context and reception
This work deals with the Qur'an and Cairo.
Connections
- About
- The Qur'an
- Set in
- Cairo
People and things also explored
Sura 1: Al-Fatiha· Sura 10: Yunus· Sura 100: Al-Adiyat· Sura 101: Al-Qari'a· Sura 102: At-Takathur· Sura 103: Al-Asr· Sura 104: Al-Humaza· Sura 105: Al-Fil
Sources
- IMDb
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Koran by Heart”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/quran-bi-al-qalb-2011/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.