Playing Cards in Cairo

By - Miles, Hugh

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Abacus, London, 2008

ISBN 10 - 0349119805

ISBN 13 - 9780349119809

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Muslim women--Social conditions

Shelf No - 14

Call Number - 305.4869 MIL

Physical Description - 279 pages ; 24 cm

Book Information

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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