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PLAYING CARDS IN CAIRO is a fly-on-the-wall account - like THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL - of life (for western readers) in a strange and exotic environment. Hugh Miles lives in Cairo and is engaged to an Egyptian woman. Twice a week he plays cards with a small group of Arab, Muslim women and through this medium he explores their lives in modern Cairo, the greatest of Arab cities. It is a secretive, romantic, often deprived but always soulful existence for the women as they struggle with abusive husbands and philandering boyfriends. The book is a window onto a city - and a way of life - which is at a crucial juncture in its history. Hugh Miles, who knows the Arab world intimately, is the perfect guide.
Buchkauf
Playing Cards in Cairo, Hugh Miles
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2011
- Einband
- (Paperback)
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- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Hugh Miles
- Verlag
- Abacus Software
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2011
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 279
- ISBN10
- 0349119805
- ISBN13
- 9780349119809
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Wahre Geschichten, Biografien, Autobiografien & Memoiren, Ägypten, Kairo
- Bewertung
- 3,6 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- PLAYING CARDS IN CAIRO is a fly-on-the-wall account - like THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL - of life (for western readers) in a strange and exotic environment. Hugh Miles lives in Cairo and is engaged to an Egyptian woman. Twice a week he plays cards with a small group of Arab, Muslim women and through this medium he explores their lives in modern Cairo, the greatest of Arab cities. It is a secretive, romantic, often deprived but always soulful existence for the women as they struggle with abusive husbands and philandering boyfriends. The book is a window onto a city - and a way of life - which is at a crucial juncture in its history. Hugh Miles, who knows the Arab world intimately, is the perfect guide.