Cairo: The City Victorious

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.

Author: Max Rodenbeck
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 02/22/2000
Series: Vintage Departures
Pages: 322
Weight: 0.5lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780679767275