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AUDIENCE LAUGHTER
AUDIENCE LAUGHTER
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MUSIC
HORNS BEEPING
Its flowing todayor Im
making it flow actually
Im driving pretty fast.
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'Ghorza' is a stitch.
Its like when you pass in
between them, very squeezed.
HORNS BEEPING
Right here, what I
did right now.
This is also another stitch.
I just wanna go!
Its more of a video game.
HORNS BEEPING
HORNS BEEPING
HORNS BEEPING
MEN YELLING
QUICK HORN BEEPS
SLOW HORN BEEPS
HORN BEEPS
HORNS BEEPING
LAUGHTER
MUSICAL HORN BEEPING
QUICK HORN BEEPS
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HORNS BEEPING
HORNS BEEPING
BUS HORN
Yaani were a highly
communicative
civilization, yeah.
Because youve gotta interact!
Im interacting with everybody.
where its extremely crowded
and the Law is not
really that clear
We could say about
Cairo thatthatuh...
The human side of people
is actually so thirsty
to come out
it wants to come
out, it wants to be.
LAUGHTER
VIDEOGAME THEME
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AUDIENCE LAUGHTER
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MUSIC
HORNS
CHEERING
CHILDREN SINGING
One, two, three...
Red, red, red, red means stop.
Green, green, green,
green means go.
Yellow, yellow, yellow,
yellow means wait.
Anybody want some chewing gum?
QUICK HORN BEEPS
Sorry!
SHRIEK
SIRENS
SLOW HORN BEEPS
BANG
Sorry, sorry.
Oh my god.
So you have to always try and
read what the person is doing.
I dont get what this
guys doing right now,
I think hes coming back.
I think we should not be
fighting anymore and I think...
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MUSICAL SIREN
MUSIC
LIVE MUSIC
Alright this is the best
time to drive in Cairo
at night.
I would never,
never drive here!
Id be putting my life and
other peoples lives at risk
theyve got an invisible
language, you know.
Flashing lights here
means I might kill you.
Stop. Or Go.
You don't know...
and the constant hooting of
cars, its their language.
Its a chaotic city and
everything kind of works.
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HORNS BEEPING
LAUGHTER
HORNS BEEPING
LAUGHTER
CHEERING
CALL TO PRAYER
CHILDREN SINGING
MUSIC
Its not at all
where I want to be.
No idea.
I tend to want to go there.
Hell now take you?
Hes going to show me the way.
So now, we have to show
him that we can drive
Right, here.
Were getting my
drivers license.
Its the second try,
I hope theyre going to at
least let me go through
and try the exam.
Because last time I didnt
even reach the exam.
I mean if I would
have done the exam,
I feel confident that
I would have passed.
You know, so I think the
intention is what counts.
You know, the fact that we
came all the way out here,
and showed our face, and
So uh, yeah, I didnt
even do the exam
no Im very happy.
The picture is terrible though.
LAUGHTER
Yes, Kaws gonna start
driving, exactly.
LAUGHTER
MUSIC
Where am I?
We are, parallel to the Nile.
I reckon, that were going
to turn right here, no?
Its pretty but
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MUSIC
SIRENS
We came over as a family,
we came over working for
an American oil company.
Weve been here for
about 12 years.
We lost our daughter
in a road accident.
We lost our daughter
in a road accident.
She was a pedestrian,
out for the evening,
She was a pedestrian,
out for the evening,
with some friends.
My daughter started
to cross first,
she got half way
across the road,
and saw that her friends
had not followed.
She turned around to go
back to her friends,
and didnt notice the bus
coming, in the fast lane,
with no lights on
and speeding, and
she was struck.
There was a policeman,
standing near by.
Um, he picked my
daughter up, and um
and took her to the hospital.
Carried her in his arms,
to the Al Salam hospital.
So
I put the pieces together
afterwards, of course,
but those were the circumstances
that led to her being hit.
You always think there was
something you could have done
to change it.
She was a senior in high school,
way too young to be
killed like this.
Theres no reason why peoples
lives should be thrown away
and wasted in such
a senseless way.
CRYING
HORNS BEEPING
CONTINUOUS BEEPING
LAUGHTER
Traffic is an issue,
its a national issue.
Cars are more affordable,
part of it because public
transportation is inadequate
still!
You cant design a
city, basically,
it grows it becomes.
Planners, they look at traffic
they look at 2D maps,
and they draw lines no
matter where they go.
The past, 15 years,
you see a growing network
of highways and overpasses,
on top of Cairo
very much fragmenting
of course the city
and isolating drivers
from pedestrians
and public
transportation users.
Its the chaos that we
see all over Cairo.
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SIRENS
SIREN
SIREN
When its crowded, and
the siren is going
The ambulance, it
is ready 24 hours.
And when we take the call, it
moves from the hospital
not more than 2 minutes.
But the time of arrival, it can
be less or more than I expect.
You know the traffic in Cairo
it is not an airplane, it
is a car on the street.
SIREN
AMBULANCE DRIVERS OFFICE
QUICK HORN BEEP
So now that I drive,
I mean I see myself
doing the stuff
that I used to complain
that other drivers do.
BEEPING HORN
LAUGHTER
MUSIC
Congratulations.
TYRE SCREECHING
MUSICAL BEEPING HORNS
MUSICAL BEEPING HORNS
- You want to get juice?
- Sure.
Okay were going to go
to a good juice place.
See another thing thats nice,
is like theres this whole car
you can get anything
in your car,
smoke sheesha in your car,
get food in your car.
Theres that whole culture.
And a friend was once
saying that you know,
its especially important
for young guys,
cuz like you know, you live with
your parents until your married.
So as a young guy, the
only real space you have,
thats yours I mean,
if you can afford
to have a car,
is in your car.
Thats where you and
the boys kick it.
I wish I could restart my life.
Erase everything
and start over.
Even while sleeping, I worry.
Its exhausting.
Son, talk to people!
Laugh, dont be so serious.
I used to be like you, worried,
in my head, depressed.
Youre not optimistic
about your future.
You think its your fate?
Wrong.
It wont do.
PHONE RINGING
Allo.
Whos going out?
Ibrahim.
SIRENS
MUSIC
HORNS BEEPING
But I mean as an Egyptian
dealing with other Egyptians
its a little bit
dealing with other Egyptians
its a little bit
aggravating.
aggravating.
People are fighting
all the time,
you see a lot of fights
in the streets.
You know. Definitely
there is something bad
thats going to
happen really soon
I mean I feel that. Could be
in the next 3 to 5 years
If Mobarak passes
away tomorrow,
this countrys going to go
into a lot of trouble until,
until someone strong
tries to fix it.
Know what I mean?
Thats it.
Tell me how you see that
the future for the Arab world
A more modern, more engaged,
more entrepreneurial
and more free
thats the future.
More free?
More free.
CROWD CHEERING
CROWD CHEERING
CROWD CHEERING
CROWD CHEERING
SIREN
CROWD CHEERING
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MUSIC
HORN BEEP
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I really want to
get out of Tahrir.
Go! Go!
It feels different from day
one of the revolution.
It feels different.
People aredifferent.
Its the same organized
chaos concerning traffic.
The police didnt
do anything before
except taking bribes and money
from people, in the street.
which is like, every block
you had people stopping you
and asking for licenses,
it was a bit ridiculous.
And you documented everything?
I did document, at least...
Tell me how you did that.
Just like Im doing right now.
Because if anything
happened to me,
at least theres some sort of
and nobody knows about it,
because its attached
to my scarf.
You have the kids taking
their photos on them,
people getting married
on top of them
really think theyre
merging with the people...
What?
HORN BEEPING
My ears going to explode.
Except for why the fuck are
they selling so many flags
you wouldnt think that
somethings happened.
The crowds and the
traffic are the same.
HORNS BEEPING
CHANTING
CHEERING
MUSIC
No empty space.
CHANTING
I really need to try and move.
I have to focus on that.
Because you see where the
other cabs who were with us.
You realize that if you
stop actually struggling,
you're going to just
stay there forever.
You know, we could have stayed
in the same spot forever.
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Yes, the agricultural road
is blocked on both sides.
The ring road is also blocked
from Mehwar to
Agricultural Road.
Do try to avoid at all costs.
And Mehwar to October
is literally hell.
- Oh no.
- Says Iman.
Tom Green, with the big
drive home from Vodafone.
RADIO THEME
Nile FM
The misery is really high in
this city, its a hard city.
HORNS BEEPING
But you see all these police,
even the traffic police,
they were not here
until 3 or 4 days ago.
What a fucking mess.
What is?
Egypt.
DRUMMING
LIVE MUSIC
When the revolution began,
it told the old
regime to step down.
BANGING
LIVE MUSIC
CHEERING
RAPID HORN BEEPS
SIRENS
LAUGHTER
PHONE RINGING
LAUGHTER
MUSIC
MUSIC
MUSIC
PRESIDENTIAL ANTHEM
SINGING
So it would take
me half an hour,
to just park my car
and walk to work
and when I was already,
sometimes late in the morning,
and I was beyond late because
of the parking situation.
So I decided that I needed
to get my own driver.
He just takes me to
work, and back.
Yeah, no I cant afford
to be late in my new job.
So now Im much happier.
And where are we going now?
SCREECH
BANG
It's crazy.
Oh my God, how
did this happen?
This is... I, I, I can't
believe what just happened.
Is the guy okay?
He's okay.