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Waiting for Abou Zayd, is a 2010 Lebanese movie, directed by Mohammed Ali Al-Atassi, and starring Nasr Hamid Abû Zayd. with a runtime of 82 minutes.
Waiting for Abou Zayd is a documentary portrait of Nasr Hamed Abou Zayd, an Egyptian Muslim theologian of international renown whose scholarly interpretations of the Quran brought devastating consequences. Condemned for apostasy, he was forced into exile, and his marriage to Ibtihal Younes was annulled by judicial decree — all for the crime of academic inquiry. Director Mohammad Ali Atassi spent six years following Abou Zayd in his life in Leiden, the Netherlands, capturing his relentless commitment to his ideas through conferences, public debates, and television appearances, where he explains his positions with remarkable calm and conviction. A compelling document of intellectual courage and the personal cost of free thought in the Arab world.
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