The first day of the attack ,the main character comes back to his house, and makes fun with his mom, plays with his dad as if nothing happened. It takes a while to process the severity of the issue, and how this might impact their lives in the long run. For example, at the beginning, the bakery basically offers free food to Tarek, but later due to poverty, he's unable to even distribute bread to the neighborhood.

This is definitely seen in the movie, West Beirut, where despite the distinction between West and East, and constant violence on the streets, the main characters are willing to cross the borders to develop their movie, join rallies to get more shots and bike around the city.

This is interesting! We can see the same trend in Turkey especially between 2008-2014, where the cinema is reflecting what is about to come (the conflict between Turkish and Kurdish forces). The movies would be encouraging patriotism, seek for violence and victory.

Ruba'i is a poem, or verse of a poem, consisting of four lines. There are a number of possible rhyme schemes to the rubaiyat form, e.g. AABA, AAAA.

At first, the director was questioned about reflecting Cairo realistically. But now the question transforms into how do we define Cairo in the first place? What is the real Cairo? Reflecting the old or the new?

This reminds me of our discussion in the previous class.

Again, countrymen is pure and naive, and people in the city are mostly seen as corrupted.

Could this be the reason why Kinawi wants to take Hanouma back to his village, where no one is around?