Stairway to Heaven

Stairway to Heaven: Rebuilding the Minbar of Saladin is a 2007 documentary film by André Singer about the reconstruction and restoration of the Minbar of Saladin after it had been destroyed in the 1969 Al-Aqsa mosque fire. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh, the film covers the work of craftspeople in Jordan and Palestine in the restoration, and is notable for the support and participation of King Abdullah II of Jordan and The Prince of Wales (later King Charles III). The film features The Prince of Wales, Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad of Jordan, Christopher Frayling, Khaled Azzam and Keith Critchlow of The Prince's School of Traditional Arts, and Minwer al-Meheid. The film was also supported by Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel KBE, founder and chairman of Community Jameel.