Egypt Speaks (1951)
James A. FitzPatrick: Self - Narrator & Interviewer
Quotes
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James A. FitzPatrick : Your narrator believes the quickest way to get acquainted with the people in any country is to ask them simple, but tactful, questions about themselves.
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James A. FitzPatrick : The young women of Egypt are now enjoying privileges that were unknown to their mothers. This young lady, for example, is one of the first of her sex to be permitted to practice law in the land of the pharaohs. And her companions are all college students - modern in thought, indeed, but still a little shy of strangers from the outside world.
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James A. FitzPatrick : In a land that is often credited with being the cradle of Western civilization, where men like Moses and Pythagoras went to school, it is difficult to understand why the past clings so tenaciously to the present.
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[first lines]
James A. FitzPatrick : We are in Egypt, on the beautiful shores of Alexandria, where the alluring waves of the Mediterranean tempt us to linger and rest a while. But this time, the purpose of our visit is not so much to photograph scenery as it is to photograph people, and we know of no more fitting way to meet the modern people of Egypt than by way of music, as rendered by the band of the University of Alexandria.
