Koran by Heart

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-10-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (215 Reviews)

Director:

Greg Barker

Genres:

Documentary News

Fullplot:

110 kids from the Islamic world are chosen and arrive in Cairo for the world's oldest Koran reciting contest. KORAN BY HEART follows two boys from Senegal and Tajikistan, and a little girl from Maldives - who go head-to-head with kids nearly twice their age in the pronunciation, recitation and perfected memorization of the Qur'an. Even as their own future hangs in the balance, they are caught between fundamentalist and moderate visions of Islam.

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