Cairo 678 (Amazon.com Exclusive)

Powerful movie about women in Egypt facing sexual harassment. I traveled to Egypt with another girl friend in early 2009 as tourists. When checking into a hotel in Aswan, the guy who brought up our bags lingered in the room refusing to leave. He then touched my hair and shoulders and I jerked away. He moved to my friend and did the same to her. She's got a more docile personality and did not move when he touched her. He then brushed his hands across her chest. At that point I started screaming and making a scene. The hotel owner tried to calm me down by serving me tea. I threatened to call the embassies and report this hotel. Looking back, I should have called the tourist police. At any rate, am glad that we did not stay silent and we ended up moving to another hotel that was a lot more expensive, hoping that the same thing would not happen. My friend felt very badly and cried. I should have been more sympathetic to her. Watching this movie really brought to light the harassment, blame, and social pressure that Egyptian women deal with on a daily basis. When it comes to sexual crimes, the scrutiny is too often on the victim. What was she wearing? What was she doing? Is she promiscuous? And the damage, too often than not, falls to the victim and those who are associated with her. Families need to stand by their loved ones who are victimized. Men need to support their partners in their time of need. Most importantly, we, as women, need to stop pointing fingers at each other, drop the blaming and the accusations and the judgments. Let's stand up together for our right to not be victimized by sexual crimes.

I loved the honesty in this work. Sexual harassment of women in public spaces in the Middle East is rarely talked about. This film does so. The victims are heroic and the police wind up supporting them. FYI, the title refers to the bus line where the initial scene of harassment takes place. Public transportation has long been a hunting ground for harassers.

This is a powerful and disturbing movie about just how horrible daily life is for women in Egypt. It's takes tremendous courage for women to do the simplest activities in public, where sexual harassment of the most egregious sort is normal and taken for granted as an entitlement by Egyptian men.Painful to watch but it's important to be a witness-and I speak as a man.

great movie; definitely worth watching. Good for them for tackling this subject! Its a big problem handled very well. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is because it shows one side of the coin; makes you feel like all men are like that even though there is a supportive fiance.

Great movie! I was surprised to see all women get harassed; it does not matter if they are veiled or not. This is just sad. Some men seem to forget they have mothers, daughters, aunts, cousins, and I am sure they would not like anyone touching their women. Sadly this is happening in other countries as well; in some places it is even worse, like in India. Movies like this help create consciousness.

Sometimes power and triumph start as whispers and then become deafening, and so it is with a handful of women who were having the same experience of being sexually harassed and assaulted during the course of their day until one by one they started doing something about it. And their brave action changed legislation in Egypt. Bravo to those who lived this true story, and thank you to those who brought it to film.

I love the fact that there is a new light on a very old problem. The fact that women who are victimized are treated like the criminal and the guilt that is compounded on to those emotions do not make the healing process any easier. Thank you for making this video.

AUGUST 2016 AND GERMANY, FRANCE, DENMARK AND LONDON HAVE BEEN INFILTRATED WITH ISLAM.AMERICA IS NEXT AS OUR FREEDOM'S AND LIBERTY ARE ATTACKED DAILY.Who knows what our future is.THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF EQUAL RIGHTS NEEDED IN THE MIDDLE EAST.STONING AND PRISON IS STILL CURRENTLY HAPPENING WHEN WOMEN DEFEND THEMSELVES.

El Cairo es algo más que una megalópolis, sembrada de tráfico, polución y millones de habitantes, algunos especialmente indefensos ante las agresiones sexuales. Este obra denuncia el suplicio de tantas y tantas mujeres desprotegidas en su sociedad civil. Consigue llevarte a situaciones comunes, y hasta frecuentes, silenciadas, ignoradas, pero vividas con pánico por sus víctimas. Cierto clamor popular alumbró alentó este trabajo.

Questo film è nato per raccontare un fenomeno sociale di malcostume in Egitto. Dopo la diffusione di questo film l'Egitto ha dato il via a delle riforme in campo giuridico a difesa delle donne molestate sugli autobus. Lo consiglio vivamente a tutti coloro che si interessano di Sociologia, di Egitto o di Medio Oriente.

Es una película que refleja la vida de las mujeres en los países musulmanes donde los hombres son la ley y el orden, y donde las libertades de las mujeres prácticamente inexistentes. También la de otros países subdesarrollados de África y Sudamérica.En definitiva cine independiente altamente recomendable.

Una primera obra de un joven realizador que entretanto ya realizó CLASH, su segundo longo metraje para ser visto repetidamente!