Visually exposed to the street but spatially protected through its elevation, the balcony is a space that simultaneously demarcates the interior from the exterior, and allows the crossing between private and public spheres. Scenes for Balconies explores, through ethnographic fiction, social and political questions around the relationship between space, power and gender in Cairo. This publication is based on a larger interview project conducted in Cairo by Noha Mokhtar and Sahar Suliman. Second Edition.