| Akkad spent a further three years studying for a at the USC , where he met the director | The production took one year, Akkad filmed for 6 months in Morocco, but had to stop when the Saudi Government exerted great pressure on the government of Morocco to stop the production |
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| Peckinpah became Akkad's mentor in Hollywood and hired him as a consultant for a film about the that never made it to the big screen, but he continued to encourage him until he found a job as a producer at | He was killed along with his daughter Rima Al Akkad Monla in the |
Akkad saw the film as a way to bridge the gap between the and , stating in a 1976 interview: I did the film because it is a personal thing for me.
15| In 1980 he directed , in which Quinn and Irene Papas were joined by , , and | Death [ ] Akkad and his 34-year-old daughter, Rima Akkad Monla, were killed in the |
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| Because a few terrorists are Muslims, the whole religion has that image | Career [ ] In 1976, he produced and directed Mohammad, Messenger of God released as The Message in 1977 in the United States , starring and |
He is buried in the Al-Jadidah Cemetery in in.
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