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Playing Cards in Cairo

Playing Cards in Cairo

Paperback (10 Feb 2011)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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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Book information

ISBN: 9780349119809
Publisher: Little, Brown
Imprint: Abacus
Pub date:
DEWEY: 305.486970962
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 279
Weight: 198g
Height: 198mm
Width: 128mm
Spine width: 19mm