The E-Sylum:  Volume 9, Number 51, December 17, 2006, Article 35

MOROCCAN COMEDY FEATURES FOUR-HUNDRED POUND COIN

The English edition of Asharq Al-Awsat, the leading Arabic
international daily, describes a new film in cinemas across Morocco
that has been a source of controversy recently over historical
inaccuracies.  ‘Abdou Ind Almohadeen' tells the story of a young
man called Abdou who is sent back in time by scientists "in search
of a map engraved on a silver coin weighing 400 pounds, and
commemorated by King Roger II of Sicily."

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