Cairo
The City Victorious
Nonfiction, Travel, Middle East, Egypt, History, Africa, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Urban
| Author: | Max Rodenbeck | ISBN: | 9780525562986 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | October 4, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Vintage | Language: | English |
| Author: | Max Rodenbeck |
| ISBN: | 9780525562986 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | October 4, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Language: | English |
From a noted journalist who has spent much of his life in Cairo, here is a dazzling cultural excavation of that most ancient, colorful, and multifaceted of cities. The seat of pharaohs and sultans, the prize of conquerors from Alexander to Saladin to Napoleon, Cairo--nicknamed "the Victorious"--has never ceased reinventing herself.
With intimate knowlege, humor, and affection, Rodenbeck takes us on an insider's tour of the magnificent city: its backstreets and bazaars, its belly-dance theaters and hashish dens, its crowded slums and fashionable salons, its incomparably rich past and its challenging future. Cairo: The City Victorious is a unique blend of travel and history, an epic, resonant work that brings one of the world's great metropolises to life in all its dusty, chaotic beauty.
From a noted journalist who has spent much of his life in Cairo, here is a dazzling cultural excavation of that most ancient, colorful, and multifaceted of cities. The seat of pharaohs and sultans, the prize of conquerors from Alexander to Saladin to Napoleon, Cairo--nicknamed "the Victorious"--has never ceased reinventing herself.
With intimate knowlege, humor, and affection, Rodenbeck takes us on an insider's tour of the magnificent city: its backstreets and bazaars, its belly-dance theaters and hashish dens, its crowded slums and fashionable salons, its incomparably rich past and its challenging future. Cairo: The City Victorious is a unique blend of travel and history, an epic, resonant work that brings one of the world's great metropolises to life in all its dusty, chaotic beauty.
