Works DatabaseEgyptian Drama, Cinema, and Theatre

Cairography

  • Film
  • 2013
  • 19m
  • Released

Cairography is a dance/performance video. Before it took an artistic form, Cairography was a set of fragments of conversations and stories of two non-Egyptian women friends whose relationship with Cairo ranged between paranoia over feeling constantly surveilled and nonchalance as a performance of resistance. It then grew to become an assortment of testimonials from strangers in the street and friends of the artists w…

  • Directing Dalia NaousKinda Hassan
  • Writing Dalia NaousKinda Hassan
  • Starring Aly KhameesSherin HegazyNadim Bahsoun

Cairography is a dance/performance video. Before it took an artistic form, Cairography was a set of fragments of conversations and stories of two non-Egyptian women friends whose relationship with Cairo ranged between paranoia over feeling constantly surveilled and nonchalance as a performance of resistance. It then grew to become an assortment of testimonials from strangers in the street and friends of the artists where issues of loss of personal space, sexual harassment, respect of privacy and shattered anonymity in public space have emerged.

Aly Khamees Performer
Sherin Hegazy Performer
Nadim Bahsoun Performer
Ahmed El Gendy Performer
Samir Ezzat Performer
Raafat Al Bayoumi Performer
محمد فؤاد Performer
Nadine Emile Performer
Houssam Abdel Hameed Performer
Marion Blondeau Performer
Dalia Naous Performer
  • Directing Dalia NaousKinda Hassan
  • Writing Dalia NaousKinda Hassan
  • Music Fahed RiachiKinda HassanAli Shaath
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