Forbidden

Ramsis’ attempt to answer why she lives in such a repressive society becomes a prophetic snapshot of the last days of a fallen regime. Days after finishing her film Egypt’s corrupt government disintegrated. An ordinary Cairo citizen, her life was ruled by a thousand dictates meant to define and refine her. Life was difficult for all under Mubarak’s regime and for women it was doubly burdensome as it affected everything from where they walked to buying electronic equipment. As a slice of life it offers a fascinating insight into the background to the wider Arab uprisings, presenting an everyday social dimension to the humiliation faced by many across the Arab world at the hands of their own rulers.