Cairo Time

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At a glance

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Cities Travel

Screening Room

Format: Film · Muslim society as setting
Released: 2009 CE · 1430 AH†
Countries: CA · EG · IE
Approach: drama of Muslim life

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

Overview

A quiet romantic film about a Canadian journalist in Cairo who is accompanied by an Egyptian guide; a warm portrait of the city and its people. ¹ ²

People and things also explored

The earthquake of Antioch and Latakia· The Bab al-Tibn shrine exhumed and the Sammakin gate battle· The Shawwal Earthquake of 450· Al-Qadir's rescript imposing distinguishing dress on the dhimmis· Al-Qadir bans dealing in Maghrebi dinars· The Ghuzz enter Mosul and plunder Qarwash's palace· The gate-building war between Karkh and al-Qala'in· The Karkh–Sunni reconciliation and joint pilgrimage to the two shrines

Sources

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islam.museum contributors. “Cairo Time”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/waqt-al-qahira-2009/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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