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SEP 3, 2010
'Cairo Time' FILM
'Cairo Time'

I will say it again: One of the best films you will see this year is Cairo Time. Directed by Arab-Canadian Ruba Nadda, the movie is about an American woman who visits Cairo, meets an Arab man, and falls in love with the city. And the man falls in love with the dreamy way she falls in love with the city that he loves. Very early in the movie, the American woman wakes up in her hotel room. She has just completed her first night in the city, and the light of dawn is filling the sky. She climbs out of bed, walks onto the balcony, and bathes in the view of the great city and the great river. Life has much of its meaning in moments like this. (See Movie Times: thestranger.com/film) by Charles Mudede

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Will in Seattle 1
I really enjoyed reading the movie review in the printed copy of The Stranger.

But it made me realize, no matter how many times my brother has sent me vids and pics and postcards from Cairo, that I'll always prefer Morocco's urban choices to those of Egypt.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on September 3, 2010 at 11:03 AM · Report
spoiler alert 2
but but but.... i thought tourism is one of the downfalls of our pitiful society?
Posted by spoiler alert on September 3, 2010 at 11:10 AM · Report
Will in Seattle 3
She's not really a tourist in the movie. Her husband works at the UN and he's stationed in Cairo but frequently out and about beyond the city.

More of a tourist by circumstance, than by trade.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on September 3, 2010 at 11:19 AM · Report
Womyn2me 4
I have to say, I have experienced that waking up at dawn in cairo and wandering around in the light thing, and it is incredible there.
Posted by Womyn2me http://http:\\www.shelleyandlaura.com on September 3, 2010 at 3:16 PM · Report
ADoodle 5
This movie had potential and looked very nice but was overall disappointing and perhaps a little cliche. It's not more interesting than the summary up there makes it sound, unfortunately. But at least the "Arab man" in question made for some nice eye candy.
Posted by ADoodle on September 6, 2010 at 10:22 PM · Report

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