Ahmad Amer

A middle-aged New York cab driver from Egypt picks up a fellow Egyptian, arriving in the city for the first time, in pursuit of the "American Dream". They share a conversation that will help each of them come to a realization about their life choices.

Amr is a 35 year old man who wakes up one day to a very different Egypt. Amr rarely leaves home as he works from his place designing software. It is January 25, 2011 and Amr starts the day with news of protests all over Cairo and marches leading to Tahrir square. Something tells him that these protests will lead to major political change. Farah, a woman in her early 30’s, is a news anchor on Egyptian television. The news Farah gives her audience is very different from the news presented online or on international news channels.

When a conservative Islamic preacher meets a beautiful violin player, they get close to each other and mutual romantic feelings build. As he comes to believe in the value of art and its influence on society, he finds himself torn between his love and his conservative beliefs.