Finally I arrived in the Middle East. After a beautiful taxi ride through the sunrise of Dubai I got to Sharjah. The place where Sinan's family lives and where we spent most of our time during the shooting of the film. Even if it is so different here and I don't like some general circumstances (many cars, pollution, traffic jams) it is amazing to catch up the atmosphere. The desert, the warm and dry climate, the Arabic world with all its mosques and the amazing sound when a Muezzin calls to pray. On the other hand all the workers from India, Pakistan and the Philippines who work here to help their families back home but probably live a lonely life. Already two years ago I said to Manuel and Marko that there are so many high buildings full of people - I wonder how many interesting, sad, happy, tragic and shocking personal stories you can find in only one of these houses.
Anyway, Sinan arrived yesterday night as well and we had a nice meeting with the family. They expected us again with their great Arabic hospitality. We ate lovely food and had a good chat. I was really glad to see them and I'm sure we will have more interesting conversations in the following days. Tomorrow I will head to Dubai to meet the people from Dubai Film Festival.
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