Playing Cards In Cairo: Mint Tea, Tarneeb and Tales of the City

Miles, Hugh

ISBN 10: 0349119805 / ISBN 13: 9780349119809

Published by Abacus, 2011

About this Item

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Seller Inventory # rev9631837489

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Playing Cards In Cairo: Mint Tea, Tarneeb and Tales of the City
• Publisher: Abacus
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0349119805
• ISBN 13: 9780349119809
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 200 grams

About this title

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.

About the Author

Born in Saudi Arabia, Hugh Miles was educated in Libya and Eton and studied Arabic at Oxford and in the Yemen. He has written for the London Review of Books and the S. Times. He won The Times Young Journalist of the Year award in 2000.