Playing Cards In Cairo: Mint Tea, Tarneeb and Tales of the City [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Miles, Hugh

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0349119791 ISBN 13: 9780349119793

Casa editrice: Abacus, 2008

Riassunto

Recently installed in Cairo as a freelance journalist and expat barfly, Hugh Miles soon meets and falls in love with Roda, a beautiful Egyptian doctor, who introduces him to Egypt's favourite pastime, the card game tarneeb, to her all-female card circle, and to a previously unseen side of life in the Middle East's greatest city.
While the women cut and shuffle, Miles listens to their stories and learns about what it means to be a young Muslim woman, dating, dieting and divorcing in a country where traditional Islamic values are in the ascendant. Yosra struggles with an addiction to prescription drugs; Nadia copes with a baby and an abusive husband; neighbour Reem comes to terms with plastic surgery gone wrong; while her sister attempts to conceal her secret love-marriage from her family and to breathe life into a clothes shop run by a regime apparatchik with an Islamist vision of retail.
Hugh Miles takes a fascinating sideways look at the lives of young Egyptians, and finds himself on a romantic adventure that will lead him to Islam and bind him to the Arab world for ever.

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Recensione:

** 'Behind the veil are the frustrations, fads, fashions and fallibilities familiar to women the world over. Miles is a loving listener, whose understanding of the Islamic world is sharpened by tea and sympathy (THE TIMES)

** 'Playing Cards mixes personal vignettes with an informed overview of Egyptian politics, and although unflinching about Cairo's problems, Miles shows his affection for this great city of every page. (FINANCIAL TIMES)

** 'An intriguing read and, as an introduction to Egyptian life, it's fascinating (DAILY MAIL)

** 'Miles should be applauded for telling their stories so compellingly, and for giving us such a detailed insight into their everyday lives. (SCOTSMAN)

Descrizione del libro:

* A unique insider's account of the drama of Muslim women's lives from the award-winning author of AL-JAZEERA

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• Editore: Abacus
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0349119791
• ISBN 13: 9780349119793
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288