Cairo Stories…

Overview

Initiated in 2003 at the beginning of the Iraq War, the project explores the many different ways that Cairene women negotiate the ideological,cultural and economic conditions that are specific to Cairo.

Drawing on hundreds of hours of recorded interviews, Barry filmed actors recounting extracts of individual narratives. The resultant films are presented as images and voices that emerge on a route from the Sharjah Art Museum, through the Souks of old Sharjah to its Heritage Area.

With thanks to: Livia Alexander, Scott Bailey, J. Cameron Brueckner, Suzanne Cotter, Catherine David, Meena Dimian, Luke Di Tomma, Mariam Ghani, Aleya Hamza, Larissa Harris, Dan Hartnett, Randy Hudson, Lameece Issaq, Marwa Maziad, Leanne Mella, Joe Monge, Nimet Naguib, Dina Ramadan, Ayman Ramadan, Brad Rego, Betsy Reid, Sarah Rifky, Marrin Robbins, Lisa Rubenstein, Fred Ruckel, Ken Saylor, Beth Stryker, Lynn Taylor, Aida El Torie, Townhouse Gallery, William Wells, Brian Kuan Wood, Jack Young, and especially the many women who generously shared their stories and the actors who brought their stories to life.


April 2011

This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 10

Co-commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation, Daniel Langlois, Montreal and American University in Cairo