Cairo Drive

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AUDIENCE LAUGHTER

AUDIENCE LAUGHTER

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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

MUSIC:

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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.

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AUDIENCE LAUGHTER

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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:

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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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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.

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