Aminia is a young woman living with her aunt’s family which includes Read More »
Tag Archives: Egypt
The Bus Driver / Sawwaq el-Utubis (1982) Atef El-Tayeb, Sharif Abdulhamid, Aaliyah Abdulmoneim, Nimat Abdulnaser
Hassan is a bus driver and the only male sibling of five sisters Read More »
A Woman’s Youth / Shabab emraa (1956) Salah Abouseif, Ahmad El-Sabawi, Tahiyyah Karyuka, Shukri Sarhan, Shadia
A young man from the country arrives in Cairo to finish his education. Read More »
The Gate of Sun / Bab el shams (2004) Yusri Nasrullah, Hiam Abbass, Fadi Abi Samra, Hussein Abou Seada
Yousry Nasrallah’s powerful adaptation of Lebanese writer Elias Khoury’s epic novel of fifty years of Palestinian dispossession Read More »
The Aquarium / Genainat el-Asmak (2008) Yusri Nasrullah, Hind Sabri, Amr Waked, Gamil Ratib
A 48-hour journey into Modern Cairo following the parallel lives of Youssef and Leila. Read More »
The Fabulous Adventures of Marco Polo / La fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo (1965) Denys de La Patellière, Raoul Lévy, Noël Howard, Horst Buchholz, Grégoire Aslan, Robert Hossein
Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels Read More »
The Innocent / Al Baree’ (1986) Atef El-Tayeb, Ahmed Zaki, Mamdouh Abd El Aleem, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
A simple minded peasant was recruited in the Egyptian army Read More »
The Best of Times / Ahla al awkat (2004) Hala Khalil, Hanan Turk, Hind Sabri, Menna Shalabi
A personal tragedy brings a woman closer to a handful of trusted friends in this independent drama. Read More »
Beggars and Noblemen (1991) Asmaa El-Bakry, Salah El-Saadany, Mahmood El-Gindi, Abdulaziz Makhyoon
The setting is Cairo in June of 1945, during the last days of the Second World War. Read More »
The Nightingale’s Prayer / Doa al karawan (1959) Henry Barakat, Faten Hamamah, Ahmad Mazhar, Aminah Rizq
This compelling tale of love and betrayal, set in the upper Egyptian countryside Read More »