Episode 3
Omar Sharif stars in this generational saga chronicling the life of a middle class family, as Egypt emerges from colonialism and adjusts to the modern world.
Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon from the novels of Nobel Prize-winning author Naguib Mahfouz the drama was recorded on the streets of Cairo.
This episode begins in the 1940s with the Second World War in progress. It has a devastating effect on the family business and one of the grandchildren is sucked into a newly emerging radical Islamist movement.
Cast:
Old Kamal............Omar Sharif
Kamal..................Amr Waked
Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawab....Ihab Sakkout
Ahmad................Sedky Sakhar
Munim.................Ahmed Nour
Sawsan...............Dina Nadim
Badur..................Radwa Elgabry
Other cast members: Tamer Nasrat, Rena Malak, Caroline Khalil, Yara Goubran, Zeinab Moubarak, Ola Roshdy, Nairy Avedissian, Ekram Zalat, Sherif Nour, Salah Fahmy, Yeve Youssef, Sedky Sakhar, Dina Nadim , Saymaa Shalan, Radwa Elgabry, Mika Thabet, Hany Seef, Hugh Sowden.
Music by Sacha Puttnam
Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon
Producer/Director: John Dryden
A Goldhawk Essential Production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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- Fri 1 Apr 2011 21:00大象传媒 Radio 4