Egypt - Equality is a theme based documentary directed by Dr Louis Lam, a medical expeditionist and cultural anthropologist who travels all over the world to tell inspirational stories about the local people and culture, their views about themselves versus the world, and current issues that reflect much wider influences. The film follows a female marine archeologist, Marina Gurguis and a local guide Ahmed Yousef throughout Cairo and to the south along the Nile River to the Sudan border to explore many indigenous culture, food, dance, and music. It reflects the life of Marina as a woman in a male dominant culture as a successful professional, as well as her relationship with her country and friends. It also talks about the changes taking place for women in modern Egypt. The film starts in the busy street of Cairo, the biggest and most populated city in Africa, in a bustling morning and its incredibly congested streets. It visits the Giza in the west bank with a typical fava bean breakfast at a street corner. It takes the audience to the night scene of local food and street vendors as well as the greatest Muslim architecture of the Islamic world with mosques and mausoleums. It talks about the important culture of tea as compared to alcohol in the western world and takes us to the emblematic Sphinx as well as the oldest pyramid in Saqqara. The journey moves on to the southern city of the quiet fishing town of Luxor where interviews took place with Mena Melad from the Luxor Times about current efforts in Egyptian archeology. It talks about a special and oldest martial art Tahtib which evolved into a ceremonial dance, a symbol of masculinity and brotherhood. The crew was invited to a private home in Al Qurna to taste the iconic pigeon, Hamam Mahshi. The film then takes us to the southern city of Aswan and the colorful Nubian culture with its dance and music. It takes us to the Island of Philae to visit the private house of Tarek and Edrees for their typical welcoming dish of Fateer.

Filmed September 2022.