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Dunia
Dunia

Dunia

Kiss Me Not on the Eyes

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After studying literature at Cairo University, Dunia, 23 years old, wants to become a professional dancer. She attends audition for an oriental dance contest where she recites Arabian poetry without any body movement. She explain to the perplexed jury that a woman can't move her body or evoke act of love when society ask women to hide their femininity. She is selected and meet Beshir, an intellectual and activist who will supervise her thesis on ecstasy in Sufi love poetry. Their attraction is mutual. This could be liberation for Dunia but the constraints on women in Egyptian society goes deeper than she suspects.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Arabic

Runtime

112 mins

Rating

5.1/10

Release Date

06 September 2006

Country

Egypt

Cast

Hanan Turk

Hanan Turk

Dunia

Mohamed Mounir

Mohamed Mounir

Beshir

Aaidah Riyadh

Aaidah Riyadh

Inayate

Fathy Abdel Wahab

Fathy Abdel Wahab

Mamdouh

Sawsan Badr

Sawsan Badr

Arwa

Soraya Ibrahim

Soraya Ibrahim

Aziza Rashid

Aziza Rashid

Nashwa Al Arabi

Nashwa Al Arabi

Khaled El Sawy

Khaled El Sawy

Hazem

Youssef Ismail

Youssef Ismail

Antar

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