The son of Hassan el-Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood movement, said he has received many offers from Egypt and abroad to produce an international movie looking at the history of the organization.
Saif al-Islam el-Banna said all Brotherhood members will stand against the “unjustified attack” they saw in the TV series “el-Gamaa” (The Group), written by Wahid Hamed, which is set to screen during the month of Ramadan.
“Hamed’s attempts to distort the image of el-Banna [senior] enraged Brotherhood supporters around the world,” el-Banna junior said.
The Brotherhood’s media bureau in Alexandria said it is preparing a number of documentaries focusing on the group’s history since the time of its establishment in 1928, as means of confronting the Ramadan series.
El-Banna declined to name the potential foreign sources interested in funding an international movie on the Brotherhood.
Mohamed Abdel Fattah, a younger member of the Brotherhood, said Hamed’s series shows the Brotherhood as adopting a violent doctrine. He said that copies of any documentaries produced by the Brotherhood will be delivered to Hamed so that he can learn about the true history of the movement.
Translated from the Arabic Edition.
