The Doormen of Egypt | Al Jazeera World
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2020
- From Cairo's narrow downtown streets and alleys to the affluent residential areas in the outer reaches of the city, nothing escapes the attention of the ever-vigilant doormen.
Sitting at the entrances of apartment blocks in Cairo and Alexandria - and often mindful of the chance to make a quick buck - the "bawabs" have been an integral part of the social fabric of Egypt's big cities for decades.
This Al Jazeera World documentary celebrates the men, their history, their job and their influence.
Of course, the bawabs are often much more than doormen. They are the all-seeing eyes and ears of the buildings they live and work in, observers of residents' "moral practices", as well as plumbers, electricians, security guards and keepers of personal secrets.
But today's doormen are disappearing. As a new wave of construction takes place in Cairo, Egyptian society is undergoing profound change. Many of today's doormen have become security guards, with smart blue uniforms replacing traditional galabeyas in what many see as the sad loss of a unique social group from Egypt's 20th century.
God bless these men and their families. I have undying respect for them and their position. Respect & Love from USA.
ربنا يوعين الغلابة وأهل مصر 🇪🇬 الطيب!!! ربنا يقفوا معهم!!
I am an American, and I live in Cairo. This documentary was amazing and very realistic... wow... Much respect for this ...
@Commendatore I guess the same thing an American in Cairo, Georgia would do.
The Egyptian Arabic dialect is a dialect that is very fluid, flexible, fast and deep, and as an Arab man speaking English, I was disturbed by this poor translation, because the translator here tried to translate the general meanings not the exact meaning that the characters in this documentary wanted. Unfortunately so much wisdom, depth and accuracy were lost here!
Al-Jazeera must take this point into consideration.
Tnx
I agree with you, as an Egyptian, I appreciate you bringing this up.
I do the same thing in America. I am a Doorman. Peace and Blessings be Upon You 🙏. RAMADAN MUBARAK KARIM.
INDEED...
I love my doorman and his family
Respectful and awesome.
Thank you for posting this video, I really enjoyed watching it. It's so interesting to see life from the bawab's perspective and also the historical context.
They don't make documentaries like this anymore. Now it is just mindless noise and effects. No subtlety.
Only AJE does it. Credit to them.
This is a beautiful documentary, thank you so much for filming and for making it available in English.
In San Francisco these gentlemen would not only have respect but a pretty nice wage
INDEED...
Muhammad AbuZaid is just here to roast every type of doorman in Egypt! He's not satisfied with anyone XD
Amazing this guys are professional.
al Jazeera check the translation
I lived in Egypt in three apartments and thus three bawabs. Such lovely people indeed. The subtitle has inconsistencies, but great docu.
Oh really they aren't accurate?
@@bacon8353 nah, i noticed many mistranslations, and some stuff was left out
@5:44 the translation is literally the opposite of what he said.
He stated they don't let their wives work along side them, and sarcastically said 'like we going to make them sell cigarettes and soft drinks'
insightful
The background music from 0:20 is in many AJE documentaries. Any idea where to find it?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR NICE AND INFORMATIVE VIDEO, WHICH REFLECTS
THE SOCIO CULTURAL CONDITION OF URBAN CONGESTED CITY LIKE-CAIRO.
PL. KEEP IT UP, THANK YOU.
Lol five minutes I can tell these guys probably replace cops very well
هل هذا يعني أنه لا يُسمح لي بالتسكع مع الأصدقاء والعودة متأخرًا إلى شقتي ، إذا قام المالك بإغلاق باب الشقة مبكرًا قبل منتصف الليل.
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Just if Egypt officials were half as professional as those men.
Does anyone know where to find the movies about doormen mentioned in this?
"the boss doorman"
Last one !@!!!@!!!!!!!!!!
FIRST ONE!!!!
Al-Jazeera , can you please provide an investigative report on Forced labour being used in building stadium for upcoming FIFA world cup in Qatar.... I guess not because you are funded by Qatar Government
Don’t hold your breath.
If you decided to have a look for yourself, you'd see al jazeera have done a number of reports about forced labour in connection to the world cup. They even did reports on forced labour in qatar, long before the world cup. So you might want to rethink your opinion.
Second one
Nubia in Egypt?? What a joke!
nubia is divided between south egypt and north sudane
r u dumb? Nubia is in egypt and sudan. Don't act like you know our history when u aren't egyptian