FROM CAIRO

 Synopsis

Hala Galal attempts to make a film about women living a single life in Cairo. With Cairo hunting her, fear crippling her, she meets Heba and Aya. Two women who are leading a single life but managing to face their fears and carve a space for their dreams. Heba is a photojournalist, artist and single mother of Ward. She struggles to make ends meet by working as a photojournalist but her passion is conceptual art. The
insecurity of working as a freelance artist makes it very difficult to leave her job. Between daily chores and following up on her daughter’s homework. she manages to carve some time for her artistic projects. Aya, is a young woman who lost her parents at a young age and tried to conform to expectations by getting veiled. After university Aya joins a production company as a film editor working on documentary films of social relevance. She meets Samar who is a survivor of brutal domestic violence that deformed her face and she wants to document her story.