Your chance to win a 'Stairway to Heaven' film DVD and book set

Posted 12th February 2010 10:58am by Alison Duguid

We're giving members of The Prince's Charities Community the chance to win a DVD of the film 'Stairway to Heaven', along with the beautiful accompanying hard-backed book 'The Minbar of Saladin'.

Narrated by Kenneth Branagh, the film traces the history of the minbar of Saladin, a priceless work of Islamic art created more than 800 years ago.

In 1969, the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem was attacked by a fanatic; in the blaze that followed, the minbar, an intricately constructed pulpit made from more than 16,000 hand carved pieces of wood, ivory and ebony, was destroyed.

'Stairway to Heaven' chronicles the journey to recreate the minbar the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, as well as how the consequences of a tragic event have come to symbolise the renaissance of Islamic art around the word.

HRH The Prince of Wales is very interested in Islamic art and saw the minbar during his tour of Jordan in October 2004. The Prince's School for Traditional Arts in London has worked closely with the team responsible for returning the artifact to its former glory.

Watch an excerpt from the film, which was produced by West Park Pictures in association with The Prince's Charities Events Ltd.

To enter our competition to win one of five prizes of the book with film DVD insert, just answer the following question: who narrates the 'Stairway to Heaven' film?

Email us at princes.charities@royal.gsx.gov.uk with your answer and your name, address and telephone number by Monday 15th March 2010 at 9am. (These details will only be used to contact the winning entrant. Entrants must be members of the website. There will be five winners. No alternative prize will be offered. Only the winner will be notified. T&C apply.)