About two weeks before I left Egypt last July, Fulbright Egypt asked if I would be interested in doing a video showing a day in the life of an American scholar. Being a consummate attention-hound, I said yes!
The video was shot fairly quickly–we budgeted the entire day, but we were done in a few hours, beginning in my flat in Zamalek, and them moving to the neighborhood around it. (Those familiar with the area will spot the geographic claustrophobia, I’m sure. The nice folks at NViC let us film in their reading room).
Mahmoud Rohaim storyboarded the film and directed the shoot. The video was published today — I’d wondered whatever happened to it! Considering it’s been just over a year since I came home, it’s been a nice blast from the past.
Christopher S Rose 