Cosmopolitan Alexandria

Collection title

Thalassa: the sea magazine

ID

INA00465

Source

INA (FR)

First broadcast date

03/28/2003

Production year

2003

Abstract

In the 19th century, Alexandria had a large foreign and European community, composed of English, Greek, French and Italians, which earned the city a reputation of cosmopolitanism which ended with Nasser’s revolution. Mohamed Awad, an architect, takes a walk in the city and presents some places of memory of that time.

Type

video

Production companies

• France 3 - Own production

Broadcaster

FTV - F3

Audiovisual form

Magazine

Primary theme

Urbanism and cities

Secondary themes

• Society and way of life
• Society and way of life / Public areas and social issues
• Society and way of life / Migrations

Credits / Cast

• Bontemps Sophie - Journalist
• Awad Mohamed - Participant

Period of events

• 2003

Map locations

• Egypt - Lower Egypt - Alexandria

Original language

French

Media running time

9m52

Additional information

ARCHIVES - Pathe - Gaumont - Association Lumiere Brothers