Andrew Humphreys
Magnificent Egypt is presented in a newly updated edition that guides visitors from Cairo and Luxor to the Valley of the Kings and Aswan Dam, and on to the Red Sea. 3-D diagrams of the pyramids, a detailed floor plan of the Egyptian Museum, ... [... more]
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Suad Amiry
Suad Amiry is an architect and the founder and director of RIWAQ, Centre for Architectural Conservation, in Ramallah. She grew up in Amman, Damascus, Beirut, and Cairo, and studied architecture at the American University of Beirut and at the ... [... more]
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Mourid Barghouti
Mourid Barghouti was born in the West Bank in 1944 and graduated from Cairo University in 1967. His poems have been published in Beirut, Amman, and Cairo, and his collected works were published in Beirut in 1997. He lives in Cairo. Winner of the ... [... more]
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Claudia Roden
Claudia Roden was born and raised in Cairo. She completed her formal education in Paris and then moved to London to study art. She travels extensively as a food writer. Her previous books include the James Beard Award-winning The Book of Jewish ... [... more]
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Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo in 1911 and began writing when he was seventeen. A student of philosophy and an avid reader, his works range from reimaginings of ancient myths to subtle commentaries on contemporary Egyptian politics and culture. ... [... more]
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Edward W. Said
Edward W. Said was born in Jerusalem, raised in Jerusalem and Cairo, and educated in the United States, where he attended Princeton (B.A. 1957) and Harvard (M.A. 1960; Ph.D. 1964). In 1963, he began teaching at Columbia University, where he was ... [... more]
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Egypt Pocket Guide: Islamic Cairo
 excellent overview of ancient and modern Cairo: In this little book, the origins of Cairo as a city, its art, its architecture, its museums and monuments are presented. The history of the Fatimids, Mamluks and Ottomans is examined. Mosques, sabils, [... more]
CDN$10.50
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Cairo: The Family Guide :New Revised Edition
Author: Lesley Lababidi Author: Lisa Sabbahy Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 915 EAN: 9789774249785 Edition: 1REV ISBN: 977424978X Number Of Pages: 280 Publication Date: 2006-05-01 [... more]
CDN$18.50
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Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town
An Accurate Portrayal Described with Literary Prowess: I have lived in Africa for over 20 years, and recently completed a similar overland journey (Morocco to Cape Town). I am busy writing my own book, so was a little disappointed when the pre-eminent [... more]
CDN$26.99
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Cairo: The City Victorious
From Amazon.com: Every great city deserves a book like this one: a sweeping chronicle by an author whose motives mix passion and bewilderment. Over the course of four and a half millennia, Cairo has eluded all who would try to pin it down, reinventing [... more]
CDN$21.00
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Cairo: The Practical Guide; New Revised Edition
Invaluable Resource if You're Moving to Egypt: I was offered a job in Egypt in 2000 and purchased the 2000 version of "Cairo: The Practical Guide." It was, as the title said, full of practical information about living in Cairo. It was a great [... more]
CDN$18.95
Amazon CA |
Cairo: The Practical Guide :New Revised Edition
Invaluable Resource if You're Moving to Egypt: I was offered a job in Egypt in 2000 and purchased the 2000 version of "Cairo: The Practical Guide." It was, as the title said, full of practical information about living in Cairo. It was a great [... more]
CDN$18.50
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