Why was Cairo Calm
It begins in the days after Sadat's assassination in 1981 by an islamist cell of army officers. The American media had led an outpouring of shock and grief in the United States at the death of the heroic president. All the western leaders then travelled to Cairo to say goodbye to the man who had courageously changed the course of history. But then they found that practically no Egyptians turned up to the funeral. And the western politicians and the American TV reporters couldn't understand why. The documentary tries to find the answer.
Written by Ofra Bikel
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Anwar Sadat 
Salah Jahin 
Abla Kamel 
Nawal El Saadawi 
Walter Cronkite 
Frank Sinatra Make it a double feature
4h 22m together
Why was Cairo Calm
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