Playing Cards In Cairo

Mint Tea, Tarneeb and Tales of the City

Hugh Miles

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Hugh Miles (Author)

  • Pages: 279
  • Dimensions: 12.5 x 19.5 x 2 CM
  • Publisher: Abacus
  • Publication date: 2008
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  • ISBN: 978-0-349-11980-9

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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