Egypt

by Sahar Abdel-Hakim

No land on earth has been so long observed as Egypt, which was attracting awestruck travelers back in the days of Herodotus and Julius Caesar. The range of voices gathered here is dazzling: an ancient myth from a papyrus next to Naguib Mahfouz's account of Alexandria, Florence Nightingale describing Abu Simbel side by side with Ahdaf Soueif's description of Sinai. A description of medieval Cairo by Ibn Jubayr walks hand in hand with one of the modern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 095501056X
• ISBN13: 9780955010569
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Eland Publishing
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5"