Saba' sanawat hawl delta al-neel

Seven Years Around the Nile Delta

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Delta (Δ) is the symbol of change in the Greek culture and it is the 4th letter in the Phoenician alphabet that links the Greek language to the ancient Egyptian language.
During his childhood and adolescence Sharief Zhairy used to travel four times each year, with his father in his car, between Alexandria, where he was studying, and Al-Zarqa, his birthplace. It was a three-hour trip along the agricultural road system that links distant parts of lower Egypt. After a year of the political instability that happened in Egypt, Zohairy got encouraged in 2012 to rediscover the old journey using a Handycam to document the emotional experience of a traveler inside the Nile Delta. The result of his eight-year-long cinematic journey is a mix of road movie and travelogue, contemplating the diversity of thirty-two cities and villages of the Nile Delta and documenting the contemporary daily activities in this ecologically endangered area.

by Sharief Zohairy Egypt 2020 Arabic 331’ Colour

Crew

Written and Directed by	Sharief Zohairy
Cinematography	Sharief Zohairy
Editing	Sharief Zohairy
Sound Design	Sharief Zohairy
Production Manager	Sharief Zohairy
Producers	Sharief Zohairy, Abdullah Dawestashy

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Sharief Zohairy's Production

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Sharief Zohairy

Sharief Zohairy is an independent director, screen writer, and producer based in Alexandria. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, then by the end of 2006 he directed his first short fiction film. Several other film projects followed. Since 2013 he has focused on writing screenplays, two of which have received awards.

Filmography

2006 Maybe Switched Off 2009 Resemblances 2012 The Journey 2020 Happening Over Night · Saba' Sanawat Hawl Delta Al-Neel (Seven Years Around The Nile Delta)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2021