Chitchat on the Nile, (in French: Chitchat sur le Nile), (in Arabic: ثرثره فوق النيل) is a novel by Egyptian Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz that was made into a popular film. Winners of the Nobel Prize are scientists, writers and peacemakers who have been awarded in their field of endeavour, and who are known collectively as either Nobel laureates or Nobel Prize winners. ... Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz (Arabic: ‎, ) (December 11, 1911 – August 30, 2006) was an Egyptian novelist who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. ... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ...

Plot

Al-hashish is forbidden while alcohol isn't? Why? Both are bad for the health? Both are intoxicating? This is one of the famous phrases of the movie based on the novel. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Functional group of an alcohol molecule. ...

Is considered the most famous Egyptian movie of all time. It mainly talks about the decadence of Egyptian society during the Gamal Abdel Nasser era. Human relationships within an ethnically diverse society. ... Gamal Abdel Nasser (January 15, 1918 – September 28, 1970; Arabic: جمال عبد الناصر name also transliterated as Jamal Abd al-Naser , Jamal Abd An-Nasser, and other variants) was the leader of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. ...

It talks about a simple Egyptian worker (palyed by Imad Hamdy) who can't tolerate the hypocrisy of the Egyptian government and the illiteracy of the Egyptian public and decides to hide from all the problems in the country Egypt by simply taking the Shisha which is a popular smoking habit in Egypt and usually added drugs in it to escape from reality and problems. Shisha can mean: Shisha, Japanese for Messenger. ...

Imad Hamdy (who used to work as a teacher) meets with an old student (actor Ahmed Ramzy) by chance. Ramzi invites him to the small boat in the nile. And Imad discovers soon enough that he isn't the only person who smokes Shisha but a bunch of other Elite (high class), middle class and low class people are all on this boat on the Nile River. Shisha can mean: Shisha, Japanese for Messenger. ... Left-aligned text For other uses, see Elite (disambiguation). ... The middle class (or middle classes) comprises a social group once defined by exception as an intermediate social class between the nobility and the peasantry. ... A social class is, at its most basic, a group of people that have similar social status. ... There is also Nile, a death metal band from South Carolina, USA. The Nile in Egypt Length 6 695 km Elevation of the source 1 134 m Average discharge 2 830 m³/s Area watershed 3 400 000 km² Origin Africa Mouth the Mediterranean Basin countries Uganda - Sudan - Egypt The...

He soon discovers that everyone is smoking to forget the reality and hypocrisy of Egyptian life.

At the end of the movie, Imad Hamdy decideds to stop smoking the Shisha and so stop taking drugs. But soon left alone in the street as a crazy person because he was screaming to everyone (don't smoke Hashish) and everyone considered him crazy. In other sense he was considered trying to take the Egyptians out of being smoked. Shisha can mean: Shisha, Japanese for Messenger. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

The film was released at the era of Anwar al-Sadat former President of Egypt winner of Nobel Peace Prize and was soon taken out quickly from the market because the film was seen as a critism of the Gamal Abdel Nasser President socialism period and opression of all the artistic films at the Nasser's time where it was forbidden to do any film at his time unless if it's clearly stated that the rich people society (Elite) are assholes while the poor people are the only good people. But yet Anwar al-Sadat didn't want to upset the egyptian people who still few of them loved and respected Gamal Abdel Nasser. Field Marshal Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat (محمد أنورالسادات in Arabic) (December 25, 1918 – October 6, 1981) was an Egyptian soldier and politician, who served as the third President of Egypt from October 15, 1970 until his assassination on October 6, 1981. ... Lester B. Pearson after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... Gamal Abdel Nasser (January 15, 1918 – September 28, 1970; Arabic: جمال عبد الناصر name also transliterated as Jamal Abd al-Naser , Jamal Abd An-Nasser, and other variants) was the leader of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. ... Socialism is a class of ideologies favouring a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to social control. ... Gamal Abdel Nasser (Arabic: جمال عبد الناصر) Gamal Abdel Nasser (January 15, 1918 - September 28, 1970) was the second President of Egypt after Muhammad Naguib and is considered one of the most important Arab leaders in history. ... Left-aligned text For other uses, see Elite (disambiguation). ... Field Marshal Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat (محمد أنورالسادات in Arabic) (December 25, 1918 – October 6, 1981) was an Egyptian soldier and politician, who served as the third President of Egypt from October 15, 1970 until his assassination on October 6, 1981. ... Gamal Abdel Nasser (January 15, 1918 – September 28, 1970; Arabic: جمال عبد الناصر name also transliterated as Jamal Abd al-Naser , Jamal Abd An-Nasser, and other variants) was the leader of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. ...

The film is is now distributed by Founoon Distribution and it's one of the film that touched the arab and western world at the same time. The film is also subtitled with French and English which is not a common thing in the Egyptian DVDs market.

And even though that the film might seem as a drug problem but it's actually a political controvesial movie. Where everyone is trying to forget the hypocrisy of the Egyptian society by simply taking Hashish or any other drug to forget the harsh reality of Egypt. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

The weird thing about this movie that it's facts is still applicable to today's reality in Egypt. The film was produced in 1971 and lost a lot of money due to the excessive banning that happened not only in the middle east but also in the western countries (mainly europe) and is only respected 35 years later. And even though the world now is more open than 35 years ago but it's still forbidden in many countries both arabic and western especially opressed countries like Iran and Saudi Arabia. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... For alternate uses, see Number 35. ... For alternate uses, see Number 35. ...

The other very strange thing that it's the most film that everyone has done a perfect job. Beginning from the writer Naguib Mahfouz, to the director Hussein Kamal, to the actors and actress and even script writers and all people contributed to the job. You can feel that it's a film done from the heart where everyone is affected from the hypocricy of Egypt and the bad influence that Nasser left behind. Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz (Arabic: ‎, ) (December 11, 1911 – August 30, 2006) was an Egyptian novelist who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. ... Gamal Abdel Nasser (Arabic: جمال عبد الناصر) Gamal Abdel Nasser (January 15, 1918 - September 28, 1970) was the second President of Egypt after Muhammad Naguib and is considered one of the most important Arab leaders in history. ...