Playing Cards In Cairo : Mint Tea, Tarneeb and Tales of the City EPUB
by Hugh Miles
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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.
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- Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication Date:17/02/2011
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- ISBN:9780748129607
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- Format:EPUB
- Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication Date:17/02/2011
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- ISBN:9780748129607