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Monthly Archive for March, 2008

The Yacoubian Building, The Film

Stunning. Long, but rather beautifully crafted and just as charming as the novel. The credit must go in part to Adel Imam, who plays the part of the dissolute, aging Pasha masterfully. Downtown Cairo is almost a characterful itself, and the aerial, loving shots of its faded, elegant streets and maidans are striking.

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Welcome to a new section of my blog, Sheekamou, dedicated to food, cooking, and the sensibility of the glutton, which in Farsi is more gently and approvingly referred to as the Sheekamou.

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