Menorahs and Minarets

After ten years in Paris, Galal returns to Cairo, where he finds a society in transformation. Egypt is Galal''s home, but he feels he no longer belongs there. He is caught between his two identities: his Jewish mother''s family are cosmopolitan business people, while his father''s family are rural farmers from the Delta.Kamal Ruhayyim paints an uncompromising portrait of an older generation dictat...