Cairo Time Page #3

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[Speaking in a foreign language]

Look, this is my friend

Juliette. Suha.

[Exchange of hellos]

- Wait, what's her name?

- Suha.

- Suha.

- This is like my family here.

- Oh.

[Conversation in Arabic]

[Laughter]

Shukran.

Oh, it's hot! Ooh!

- You wouldn't think hot tea

would do the trick in heat,

but you'd be wrong.

[Speaking in Arabic]

- Oh! Tell her, uh, it's--

[Woman still speaking]

It's delicious.

It's delicious.

Ah! It's so beautiful!

Is this, um,

where you sleep?

- Yes.

- Over here?

- Yes.

[Girl speaking in Arabic]

- Oh! Uh, my barrette?

Do you want this?

[Replying in Arabic]

Ah, this?

That? Oh, wait here.

Turn around. Turn.

If I put it up there...

[Soft piano music]

- Come, have a seat.

- A little house?

- Yes.

The sun...

Oh!

I first came

here with Ali.

We had lunch with

Bedouins. It was great.

I fell in love with him

when we first

came here years ago.

I almost left John for him.

- Really?

Why didn't you?

- He became very

possessive and demanding.

They always do.

They start out great and then,

you know, it always comes out.

But he was a great lover.

You have been always with

your husband, haven't you?

- Yes.

- Well...

you seem happy.

That's all that matters.

[Soft piano music]

- Tareq?

- Ms. Juliette.

How are you?

- Oh, it's so

good to see you.

- It's good to see you.

- Have- have you been

sitting here long?

- Oh, not long. About an hour.

But now I understand why you're

so desperate for good coffee.

You've caught the sun?

- I went to the White Desert.

- Ah, you've been busy.

- Yes.

- Well, Mark has been held up.

So I decided to find

out how you were.

- Oh, you spoke to him?

- Not directly. But he sent

someone to contact me.

- Well, I'm fine.

Thank you.

- So, what would

you like to do?

- Oh! Uh...

Explore.

- Okay. Explore.

This is the best

time of day to ride.

Yalla!

[Camera beeping]

Mark gave me this last

year when I retired.

- Can I see?

- Of course.

- I like it.

- I'll save a copy for Mark.

- May I have one? Thank you.

- Normally I don't like

these new modern things

but I took a photo of my mother

when she was just waking up

and now I love to take

surprise photos of people.

The water makes you uneasy?

- I can't swim.

- Really?

But I thought everyone

in the West

had a swimming pool

in their home.

- And everyone here has 4 wives.

- No, just 3 for me.

- Are you married?

- No, I never married.

- Really? No children?

- No.

- How long have

you known Yasmeen?

- I was a student in

Aleppo and we met there.

- Oh, really? I've always

wanted to go there.

- It's a beautiful city.

- The center for Oriental music.

- You know this. Yes.

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