Although Najdat's reputation rest primarily on the production of epic TV series about important episodes in Islamic and Middle Eastern history, he is also known for controversial political topics. Najdat Anzour who directed the film is the son of the Syrian pioneer of Arab cinema, Ismail Anzour. The founder of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia draws criticism by the Saudi royal family and some of the family's allies in the western countries. This film also depicts Western imperialism as impinging on the monarch's independence, foreshadowing the kingdom's future entanglement in world affairs once the oil started to flow. They had threatened the king’s relations with the British in Jordan and Iraq. He later massacred his own shock troops, the Ikhwan (an irregular militia recruited from the main nomadic tribes), when they became a liability in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He exterminated the rivaling Emirs of Ha'il. This accomplishment demanded "single-minded ruthlessness". It presents an impoverished prince in exile who reconquers his ancestral lands (Najd), and continues to expand his dominion until he controls the better part of the Arabian Peninsula. King of the Sands is presented as a "landmark taboo-breaking film", depicting a "dichotomous" story. King of the Sands is a biopic of Ibn Saud, an emir of the central Arabian Al Saud clan and founder of the present-day kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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