Otra noche en la tierra. Otra noche entre los taxis de El Cairo

La noche cae y la carretera de El Cairo se inunda de taxis.

Machacados, “hechos polvo”, como describe David Muñoz, el director del documental Otra noche en la tierra. Los vehículos navegan por un Nilo de tierra “semidestrozado” que destila melancolía “para contrastar con la fuerza de los cambios revolucionarios”.

Dentro de los coches de alquiler la vida resurge en Egipto. Pausada. Acelerada. Ajena al trajín que agita la ciudad al otro lado del cristal. Tan solo unos centímetros más allá. Por solo unos minutos.

Foto de David Muñoz

Al mismo tiempo, universos paralelos se unen. Se trata de una vida conectada con ese “otro lado” (alojado en la orilla opuesta de la ventanilla). Vida aferrada al día a día de los egipcios que, por un momento, se olvidan del exterior para solucionar sus problemas cotidianos, entre los asientos del vehículo, y luego volver a fundirse con el mundo real. Y sufrirlo. Los viajantes charlan ante la atenta mirada de un ojo inhumano. Inmóvil. Invisible.

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ENGLISH:
Night falls and the road of Cairo is filled with taxis.
Shattered, “knackered”, as described by David Muñoz, director of the documentary Otra noche en la tierra (Another Night on Earth). Vehicles sail an earthy “semi-ruined” Nile which distils melancholy, “contrasting with the strength of revolutionary changes”.


Life resurges inside rented cars in Egypt. Paused. Accelerated. Outside the fuss that stirs up the city on the other side of the glass. Only a few centimetres away. Only during a few minutes.

Por Lucía El Asri para AISH.es

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Oh God, the world is about to die*

This title was inspired by an Egyptian man’s (Mans Leon) quotation which is, "Oh God, Egypt is about to die".

The world is about to die because lately it has become crazy.
Days ago we would see how in Port Said (Egypt) Egyptians killed themselves after a football match between the local team, "Al Masry", and "Al Ahly" . More than seventy Egyptians died and hundreds were injured. The security forces didn’t anything to help people. No one knows why it happened? Do you..?


Confrontation on Port Said



After a long period of calm down -after the Mubarak´s falling- all the world thought the peace, definitely, will install in Egypt. A lot of people thought that Egypt would never be disturb. But, Egypt has become violent since the last Wednesday. However, some indications point to a hidden hand or as Egyptian government said “a third side”. Someone wants destabilize this country. Someone wants psych out the Middle East. Egypt is not the only one who is suffering this situation.

After disturb of this day, clashes came back to the Egyptian street in Alexandria, Cairo and Suez. The security forces are using tear gas against the demonstrators and confusion gains power in this country.

For its part, the Military Junta gives the fault to foreign and domestics parts, whereas that Egyptians want and reclaim liberty and peace, and to be governed by themselves without foreign interferences. Only God know what will happen to this country.