“Making the film was like removing veils. . . . Part of that clarity, if anything, has actually made me hold on to the faith with a stronger grasp,” she says. “It was easier to see...

Nada El Sawy is an Egyptian-American freelance journalist based in Cairo since 2020. She was Cairo correspondent for Abu Dhabi-based newspaper The National from January 2021 to May 2023.

I think the important thing about doing something for the first time is accomplishing it.