Moustafa was killed when a suicide bomber targeted a
hotel in Jordan. His daughter was also killed. (November 2005)
He is the only production participant from the first Halloween film to
be credited in every subsequent Halloween sequel.
He spent more than a decade trying to find sponsors for an epic movie about Saladin, but it never materialized.
His daughter, Rima Akkad Monla, was also killed in the terrorist
bombing.
Left home at 19 to study theatre arts at UCLA and received his masters
from USC.
Jordan, was announced in a press conference to be the
chosen location for his new long awaited epic about Saladdin. (December 2004)
He had three children with his first wife, Patricia: son, Malek Akkad'; daughter, Rima Akkad Monla; and son, Taric Akkad. He also had a son, Zaid with his second wife, Suha.