The knock at the door did not indicate what was behind it
… I wished I were dead
… I wished to die there and then in their hands before I die of fear

by Mahmoud Farag
Egypt, Doc, 5 min | 2011

Personal Freedom, Fiction Within the Truth - curated films by Hala Galal & Ayman Hussein


Arab Shorts is a project of the Goethe-Institut in North Africa and the Middle East. The project management is located at the Goethe-Institut Kairo.

Project team in Cairo
Dr. Günther Hasenkamp - Head of Arts
Ghada El-Sherbiny - Project Management
Dr. Antje Klesse - Project Management
Zeinab El-Kashab - Project Assistant
Mail Symbolarabshorts@cairo.goethe.org

Artistic Director of "Arab Shorts"
Marcel Schwierin