This book is a work of creative nonfiction that attempts to approach writing on film in a fresh and provocative way. It draws on academic, literary, and personal material to start a dialogue with the Egyptian filmmaker Shadi Abdel Salam’s  (1969), known in English as  and widely regarded as the most important Egyptian film ever. The book's aim is to trace the many meanings of Egypt’s postcolonial modernity through the experience of watching the film, touching on Arab, Muslim, and ancient Egyptian identity in the context of encounters with the West.weiterlesen