Cairo, As Told By Chahine / Al Kahera Menawara Be Ahlaha

• Release Date: 1991
• Type: Short
• Run time: 23 Minutes
• Directed by: Youssef Chahine
• Produced by: Gabriel Khoury, Marianne Khoury, Jean Mylonas
• Cast: Youssef Chahine, Khaled El Nabawy, Khaled Youssef, Bassem Samra
• Cinematography: Tarek El Telmessany
• Editing: Rachida Abdel Salam
• Costume design: Nahed Nasrallah
• Music: Mohamed Noah
• Sound: Mohamed Kamal
• Subtitles: English

Synopsis:

Chahine mixes documentary and fiction to create a portrait of Egypt’s bustling capital and a major center of the Arab world. The view of Cairo that emerges is a chaotic jumble of contrasting poverty and opulence, overcrowdedness and surging religious intolerance that results in a kaleidoscopic image recalling silent era "cities symphonies" and Fellini's Roma. This concise masterpiece began as a commission by French TV for the news series Envoye Special. By filming Cairo with his unique sense of artistic digression, Chahine transformed this portrait of a city into the self-portrait of a filmmaker.