So its been a little while since i updated my blog i was going to write about this documentary a group of friends and i saw while we were down in Zamalek but i forgot to write about it so although this happened a week ago i would love to share it.
So my friend Nate managed to somehow here about this documentary screening at the Italian Cultural center in Downtown Cairo. We had a couple days off because of the strikes no homework we were bored and it sounded interesting so we took the bus down to the city and made a day of it. Right when we got off the bus we stopped to ground some falafel and fool (kind of like re-fried beans) sandwhiches each for one egyptian pound. I was confident today and when i order from the guy in arabic i thought i did everything right but then i realized that I accidentally ordered two of each sandwich rather than just one of each. It was an awkward situation but we shared and it was no big deal. We (Nate and I), after getting lost made it to the dorms met up with some more friends then decided to grab some actual dinner after we wandered around the city for a little while.
It was a nice day and the shawermas we ate were also very god and so cheap we stopped by a coffee shop as we waited until the screening of the show at 7pm. It took us about an hour to just walk to the place it was not actually that far but we had gotten lost walking in a part of Zamalek we had never been to. There is this one street the 26 of July that we hardly ever cross one because the cars dont stop so you just have to run across and also because unless you know where you are going its easy to get lost. as we did.
When we arrived at the Italian culture center we realized immediately we were under-dressed, the place was packed, and that we were in a room fool of actually some pretty important people like diplomats from the Portuguese and Italian embassies and the director of the documentary it was a very cool moment we had to sit on the floor but it was absolutely worth it.
The movie was great it showed so much about egypt that i will probably never get to see and just some very interesting lives. The documentary is about the people who make their homes in the graveyard right outside of Cairo. One of the largest "living" necropolis in the world it was crazy. They were able to live in the graveyard because a lot of the burial places are actually little homes that allow for the people to come and visit their loved ones and have a private room to recite the Qur'an and things like that. People even sometimes pay rent, some never leave they grow up live their lives and then pass away right next to the dead. It was an awesome documentary. If you have two minutes i highly suggest watching at least the trailer.
Overall it was a very good night. Better than staying on campus during the strike. Which was very uneventful.
So my friend Nate managed to somehow here about this documentary screening at the Italian Cultural center in Downtown Cairo. We had a couple days off because of the strikes no homework we were bored and it sounded interesting so we took the bus down to the city and made a day of it. Right when we got off the bus we stopped to ground some falafel and fool (kind of like re-fried beans) sandwhiches each for one egyptian pound. I was confident today and when i order from the guy in arabic i thought i did everything right but then i realized that I accidentally ordered two of each sandwich rather than just one of each. It was an awkward situation but we shared and it was no big deal. We (Nate and I), after getting lost made it to the dorms met up with some more friends then decided to grab some actual dinner after we wandered around the city for a little while.
It was a nice day and the shawermas we ate were also very god and so cheap we stopped by a coffee shop as we waited until the screening of the show at 7pm. It took us about an hour to just walk to the place it was not actually that far but we had gotten lost walking in a part of Zamalek we had never been to. There is this one street the 26 of July that we hardly ever cross one because the cars dont stop so you just have to run across and also because unless you know where you are going its easy to get lost. as we did.
When we arrived at the Italian culture center we realized immediately we were under-dressed, the place was packed, and that we were in a room fool of actually some pretty important people like diplomats from the Portuguese and Italian embassies and the director of the documentary it was a very cool moment we had to sit on the floor but it was absolutely worth it.
The movie was great it showed so much about egypt that i will probably never get to see and just some very interesting lives. The documentary is about the people who make their homes in the graveyard right outside of Cairo. One of the largest "living" necropolis in the world it was crazy. They were able to live in the graveyard because a lot of the burial places are actually little homes that allow for the people to come and visit their loved ones and have a private room to recite the Qur'an and things like that. People even sometimes pay rent, some never leave they grow up live their lives and then pass away right next to the dead. It was an awesome documentary. If you have two minutes i highly suggest watching at least the trailer.
Overall it was a very good night. Better than staying on campus during the strike. Which was very uneventful.
No comments:
Post a Comment