Lived Here

"On my way to the doctor yesterday on Al-Batal Ahmed Abdel Aziz Street in Mohandessin, I found a sign that said, 'Here lived'."

"Emad Hamdy. I looked for a moment, then stepped back to see the entire building. I imagined the artist waking up in the morning, wearing his elegant light gray suit, opening his window to take a look out—a window I couldn't tell which apartment it belonged to.

I also imagined him leaving the building's door, heading to his car to go to the studio to film a movie that would remain in cinema history for decades and decades after he was gone.

Memories and events witnessed by this building. All we can say is, may God have mercy on the soul of the artist Emad Hamdy."