Cairo Time
[Soft piano melody]
[Background chatter]
[Airplane roaring]
[Ruffling papers]
- Reason for visit?
- I'm here to see my husband.
[Stamping]
[Background chatter]
- Taxi! Taxi!
- No, thank you.
- Ms. Juliette?
- Oh.
- Unfortunately your husband
has been delayed in Gaza.
I'm Tareq.
His security officer
at the United Nations.
- Oh yes, yes,
of course! Tareq.
Oh, it's a pleasure
to finally meet you.
- It's a pleasure
to meet you, too. May I?
- Oh, thank you.
- Thank you.
Mark said he would call you
when you got to the hotel.
- Mark is all right?
- Mark is fine. Please.
- I've heard so
much about you.
- As I have about
you. This way.
[Traffic]
- Tareq! Tareq!
[Woman speaking in Arabic]
- Excuse me.
[Motorist honking]
Please.
- We would love to welcome you
to the wedding in Alexandria.
- Oh, excuse me. This is
a very old friend of mine.
And her daughter.
This is Ms. Juliette.
Um, I worked for her husband.
- For her husband.
Juliette. Like
Juliette and Romeo?
- Yes.
- How beautiful.
- Thank you.
- I am Yasmeen.
- Oh, Yasmeen. It's
a beautiful name.
- Shukran.
- We've been
invited to her wedding.
- Oh! Uh, well thank you,
and congratulations.
[Exchanging goodbyes in Arabic]
[Background chatter]
Thank you.
[Middle-Eastern music
on the radio]
Oh no, I haven't
had a cigarette
since I was a teenager.
- Do you mind if I...
- No.
[Channel changed to pop music]
Oh, no. I liked the one before.
- You're familiar
with Arabic music?
- No, not at all.
[Switching to previous channel]
- It is Umm Kulthum -
mother of Egypt.
- She has a
beautiful voice.
- Yes.
- The heat is remarkable.
- It is at its worst
at this hour.
- It's November.
- It's the first thing
tourists notice.
- How can anyone complain
about the heat when women
are dressed like that?
- They're accustomed to it.
How is your, uh, work?
The, uh, magazine, isn't it?
- Yes. Um, busy.
Always busy.
I'm happy to get away.
[Song in Arabic]
How long do you think the
flare-up at the camp will last?
- I don't know.
But Mark is okay.
- Oh, congratulations
on your retirement.
- Thank you.
- Do you miss it, the UN?
- No. I took my
father's coffee shop.
- It occupies me.
- Yeah. Mark says it's the best
coffee he's ever tasted.
to agree with him.
- He also says it's not
the same without you.
- He has a good heart.
[Middle-Eastern song]
How are your children?
- Oh, they're good. Thank you.
Um, they're gone.
Out into the world.
Finally.
[Sarcastic laugh]
- Must be nice to have
more time to yourself now.
- My son is on his honeymoon
and Emily just
finished university.
She's having difficulty
though finding a job.
- What is her specialty?
- Creative writing.
What?
- How will she make a living?
- Well, she's doing
something she loves.
[Middle-Eastern song]
[Traffic]
I'm so glad
I finally came
to the Middle East.
- I never understood
this "Middle East." Middle...
Middle of where?
- Cairo.
- Cairo it is.
- [Man]:
Here's your passport.- Thank you.
- And your key.
[Clinking]
- Any messages?
- No, I'm afraid not.
Oh, there is this one
envelope waiting for you.
- Oh.
Everything's fine.
- If there is anything
you should need, please.
- Uh, how do you say
thank you in Arabic?
- Shukran. Shukran.
- Shukran.
- You'll be fluent
in no time.
[Background chatter]
[Soft music]
[Traffic outside]
[Motorist honking]
[Phone ringing]
[Picking up the phone]
- Hel- hello?
Oh, Mark!
Where are you? Hi.
[Clearing her throat]
No.
Oh, I'm fine. I'm fine.
Oh, I can barely hear you.
Um, how long do you think?
Huh?
How is it now, hmm?
Oh, Tareq is lovely.
Yes. I thought
he would be older.
We ran into a woman
named Yasmeen?
Oh, really?
[Laughing softly]
I thought so. Yeah.
No, I can't.
I can't stay inside that long.
I'll go crazy.
You know me. Hmm.
Oh, we have your embassy event.
Do you think you'll be back?
I don't want to be stuck
with the Petroleum Wives.
[Laughing softly]
Oh, I hope so too.
[Laughing again]
Oh... Oh, I miss you.
Yeah, I love you. Mm-hmm.
[Middle-Eastern music
in the background]
Hello?
Hello?
[Call to prayer in Arabic
from loudspeakers outside]
[Traffic]
[Call to prayer from afar]
[Diffuse chanting]
[Traffic and background chatter]
- Big family!
- No. Just work.
[Traffic]
[Background chatter]
[Motorists honking]
[Speaking in Arabic]
Shukran.
[Motorists honking]
[Background chatter]
[Kids screaming excitedly]
[Speaking in Arabic]
- Ah, you're beautiful.
- F*** me.
[Amused background chatter]
[Speaking calmly in Arabic]
[Middle-Eastern song]
[Background chatter]
- Oh! I'm sorry.
- Oh, no. That- it's all right.
It's okay.
- There is no sign.
- It's all right.
It's okay. Would- Do- Do you-
Do you have the time?
Do you know what time it is?
- Time? 2pm.
[Background chatter and music]
- Excuse me.
- Oh, um...
- I'm sorry. I'm disturbing you.
- No, not at all. Not at all.
This is Ms. Juliette.
- Hello. Hello.
- Coffee? Uh, tea?
Uh, juice?
- No, thank you.
- Cigarette?
- I'm going crazy.
- Is there something the matter?
- Oh, uh...
No, I'm... I'm fine, I...
You know, Mark warned me about
wandering the streets alone.
Men keep following me.
- You're a very beautiful woman.
- Hmm...
It's been years since, uh,
men, young men, have, have...
- You find that hard to believe?
[Bubbling sound]
Why don't I take you
to the Pyramids?
- Oh, uh, Mark and I
made a promise
we'd see them together.
- Of course. Of course.
Then, uh, let us walk.
- Okay.
- Bye-bye.
- This way.
- Why is everyone staring?
- This caf is for men.
- What do the women do?
- Oh, other things.
- No one said anything.
- No, that would be rude.
- Right.
I like your dress.
[Piano playing
in the background]
- This is a galabia.
- Hmm.
- Thank you.
[Middle-Eastern song]
[Background chatter]
- They're quite
something, aren't they?
- I promised Mark,
my husband, I would
see them with him.
- Mark Laroche?
That was silly.
- Why?
- He could be
held up for weeks.
- Then weeks it'll be.
- I'm Kathryn.
- Juliette.
- Pretty name.
- Thank you.
- Juliette! We've been
looking all over for you!
- Hello.
- How are you?
- You look absolutely
- Uh, I'm sorry.
It's just hell there.
Mark couldn't get away.
- He's fine?
- Yeah, of course.
- We'll see you at
the luncheon tomorrow.
- Goodbye.
- Bye.
[Background chatter]
[Middle-Eastern music
and cries of admiration]
- I've been here
for 6 months now
and have yet to see
the real thing.
- Your husband
works for the UN?
- Boyfriend. And yes.
It's been a bit of a
nightmare, actually.
He's been recalled
four times.
Hasn't had a
break in a year.
- Four times.
You must be looking forward
to going back home.
- Sure.
- They are ridiculous.
[Man singing in Arabic]
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