He was waked in a wicker casket. She was waked at Montevideo's Congress. It stars Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, and Amr Waked. McAreavey was brought home to be waked. Egyptian actor Amr Waked was cast in the role of the sheikh. The screenplay was written by Yuval Adler and Ali Waked from 2007 through 2010. Amr Waked (; born April 12, 1973) is an Egyptian film, television, and stage actor. Due to these charges, Waked has not been able to return to Egypt.