Four Women of Egypt (original French title Quatre femmes d'Égypte) is a 1997 Canadian-Egyptian documentary film by Tahani Rached.
[3] Amina Rachid is a committed leftist, was born into the old upper class, the granddaughter of Ismail Sidki (a former prime minister).
She completed her studies in Paris where she was active in the Arab Student Association in France and worked for several years at the French National Centre for Scientific Research.
[2] The film opens with four middle aged women walking on a bridge at the barrages south of Cairo, Egypt.
The four women speak throughout the film about Egypt, its politics, culture, and Islam, the most popular religion in the country.