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In a mere 18 days, the upset of power in Egypt brought about the end of dictatorship, and Egyptians began to remake their nation. What are their lives like as they take on the mantle of democracy? This film invites us to share their experiences during their revolution-in-progress.
In 18 days, the January 25 Egyptian Revolution toppled a three-decade-old dictatorship and Egypt set out to recreate itself. This film invites audiences to share the amazing experience of Egyptians going through a revolution that is still in progress.

Credits

Director
Tahani Rached
Screenwriter
Tahani Rached
Producer
Tahani Rached, Karim Gamal EL Din
Co-Producer
Dima AL Joundi, Mohamed Soliman, Sameh Gamal, Mona Rabie
Cinematographer
Mohamed Soliman
Editor
Mona Rabie
Sound
Sameh Gamal
Mixing
Ahmad Gaber
Music
Tamer Karawan
Cast
Gamal Ibrahim, Wafaa Abdel Azeem, Sameh Gamal, Saadeya Mostafa, Hussein El Meenebawy, Haleema Hamed, Fathy Barsy, Saeed Al Nashaee, Ahmad Fouad Negm

About the Director

Tahani Rached
Born in Cairo, Tahani Rached settled in Canada in 1966. She studied at Montreal’s École des Beaux-Arts, and made her first film, ‘Pour faire changement’ in 1973. While working for the National Film Board of Canada from 1981 to 2004, she made the documentaries ‘Beirut! Not Enough Death to Go Round’ (1983), ‘Au chic resto pop’ (1990), ‘Four Women of Egypt’ (1997) and ‘Soraida: A Woman of Palestine’.
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