This sweeping novel depicts the intertwined lives of an assortment of Egyptians - Muslims and Copts, northerners and southerners, men and women - as they begin to settle in Egypt's great second city, and explores how the Second World War, starting in supposedly faraway Europe, comes crashing down on[...]
The Mediterranean coast of Egypt stretches for 1,000 kilometers from Sallum in the west to Rafah in the east, exhibiting a variety of littoral landscapes - rocky shores and white sand beaches where the Western Desert meets the sea, low-lying wetlands along the edge of the Nile Delta, and rolling dun[...]
Provides an overview of the historical sites in and around Alexandria, from the earliest Ptolemaic remains submerged under the sea, to the Greco-Roman catacombs, to the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic landmarks of the city. It also covers each of the cities museums. Fully illustrated in colour.[...]