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My task is to describe Egypt. Whenever I make a documentary, I deal with the social aspect.

— Ateyyat El Abnoudy

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I don’t want to be labelled a women’s filmmaker because I make films about life, and women are only a part of this life.

The camera is always on the same level as the people. I love their faces, I love them.

I look at life in a poetic way. I love to live and I think that poor people in my country are all doing their best to work and to create life.

When I start a film, I don’t think about its form.

No script, no actors, no direction. The cameraman follows the subject.

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