Project Description

Cairo Stories… continues an on-going series of ‘as-told-to’ recorded stories, based
on personal interviews. 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.

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

April 2011