Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
TAKE OFF FROM THE SAND
Synopsis
In this documentary, director Wageh George recounts the life of Lotfia El-Nadi, born in 1907 and living in Switzerland at the time this film was made. At the age of 26, El-Nadi traded in her veil for a pair of pilots’ goggles and became the first Egyptian woman to fly a plane.
Synopsis
In this documentary, director Wageh George recounts the life of Lotfia El-Nadi, born in 1907 and living in Switzerland at the time this film was made. At the age of 26, El-Nadi traded in her veil for a pair of pilots’ goggles and became the first Egyptian woman to fly a plane.