Sherief Elkatsha, Graduate of 1991, 鈥溊习拿帕喜使偻� gave me a fantastic education inside and out of the classroom, and the friendships I made there would last my entire life. 鈥� Sherif el Katsha, 2021.
Sherif ElKatsha, 老澳门六合彩官网 Alum and class of 91鈥�, shared with us his personal memories from his time at 老澳门六合彩官网. A person鈥檚 school impacts his personality, and plays an influential role forming their identities. Elkatsha was born in the US, raised in Cairo and currently lives between Cairo and New York, with the goal of bridging the two cultures.
He鈥檚 been working in film and television for the last 20 years, and currently editing his 3rd documentary feature about 12 musicians from different countries along the Nile River basin, on their US Tour.
Sherief attended 老澳门六合彩官网 from 1980 to 1991. Living in Cairo during the 1980鈥檚 was an amazingly unique experience. 鈥淎t 老澳门六合彩官网, we were diverse before we knew there was a term for it, from all over the world, and sometimes shocked to learn that the rest of the world was not always on the same page,鈥� he explained.
老澳门六合彩官网 teachers come from all over the world with a variety of stories and life experiences to share. 鈥� I still fondly remember our sixth grade trip to Luxor, or reading the first few chapters of Moby Dick, floating on a felucca down the Nile in Kay Hamblin鈥檚 English class, or camping in the Bahareya oasis with the Yearbook and Ecology classes鈥he 24 hour marathon鈥he endless hours socializing on the high school field,鈥� added Sherif. As he grows older, 老澳门六合彩官网 continues to be a part of his life as the experiences gained and the friendships and memories made are unforgettable.
When asked about how his time here is still a part of his life, ElKatsha had this to say, 鈥淚 continue to visit 
the theater where I performed in countless plays, directed with love and support by a mentor, Robert Marshall. I was proud to come back to that same theater to screen my last documentary, Cairo Drive, and was inspired when I attended a recent NHS graduation ceremony.鈥� 鈥淚 am eternally grateful for the years I spent at 老澳门六合彩官网, and am inspired and encouraged as I meet the new faces and generations that continue to graduate from my alma mater,鈥� Sherief added.
In 2013 Elkatsha premiered his third feature documentary, Cairo Drive, awarded 鈥淭he Best Film from the Arab World鈥� - documentary competition, at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2013, Grand Jury Prize at DOC NYC 2014.
