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Pub. Date
2022.
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In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, an Egyptian American woman and a man from the village of Shobrakheit meet at a café in Cairo. He was a photographer of the revolution, but now finds himself unemployed and addicted to cocaine, living in a rooftop shack. She is a nostalgic daughter of immigrants "returning" to a country she's never been to before, teaching English and living in a light-filled flat with balconies on all sides. They fall in love...
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Mamur Zapt mysteries volume 16
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The Great War has ended and Gareth Cadwallader Owen, who has spent his career defusing political time bombs, learns from his agents, some Greek and some Egyptian, that the streets of Cairo have been made dangerous by threats of real bombs. The first order of business is to ward them off. The second is to insure the safety of an impending major European delegation to the capital. What does it all have to do with Owen's shiny new motor car?
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
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"Sophie Kohl is living her worst nightmare. Minutes after she confesses to her husband, Emmett, a mid-level diplomat at the American embassy in Hungary, that she had an affair while they were in Cairo, he is shot in the head and killed. Stan Bertolli, a Cairo-based CIA agent, has fielded his share of midnight calls. But his heart skips a beat when, this time, he hears the voice of the only woman he ever truly loved, calling to ask why her husband...
7) Shelf life
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Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (7 hrs.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
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Cairo, 2002. with her sister, Hind, and their friend, Nihal, Wassef founded Diwan, a fiercely independent bookstore. They were three young women with no business degrees, no formal training, and nothing to lose. At the time, culture was languishing under government mismanagement, and books were considered a luxury, not a necessity. Ten years later, Diwan had become a rousing success, with ten locations, 150 employees, and a fervent fan base. Here...
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"Well-heeled travelers from around the world flock to the Mena House Hotel--an exotic gem in the heart of Cairo where cocktails flow, adventure dispels the aftershocks of World War I, and deadly dangers wait in the shadows ... Egypt, 1926. Fiercely independent American Jane Wunderly has made up her mind: she won't be swept off her feet on a trip abroad. Despite her Aunt Millie's best efforts at meddling with her love life, the young widow would rather...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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"Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark returns to his popular alternate Cairo universe for his fantasy novel debut, A Master of Djinn. Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha'arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she's certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last summer. So when someone murders a secret brotherhood dedicated to...
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"Cleo Davenport has heard the whispers: the murmured conversations that end abruptly the second she walks into a room. Told she was an orphan, she knows the rumor-that her father is none other than the Prince of Wales, heir to the British throne. And at her childhood home at Cairo's Shepheard's Hotel, where royals, rulers, and the wealthy live, they even called her "The Princess." But her life is turned upside down when she turns seventeen. Sent to...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
270 pages ; 22 cm
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"A spellbinding journey from California to Cairo to unravel centuries-old family secrets. Joseph, a literature student at Berkeley, is the son of a Jewish mother and a Muslim father. One day, a mysterious package arrives on his doorstep, pulling him into a mesmerizing adventure to uncover the tangled history that binds the two sides of his family. For generations, the men of the al-Raqb family have served as watchmen of the storied Ibn Ezra Synagogue...
14) Liberty
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Jake Grafton novels volume 10
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Learning that a terrorist network has obtained easily transportable nuclear weapons and is being aided by an American traitor with access to the highest levels of government, Jake Grafton is given orders by the president to stop an attack. On a quiet park bench in Manhattan--just miles from the ruins of the World Trade Center--spymaster Jake Janos Illin delivers a chilling secret message to Jake Grafton: A rogue Russian general has sold four nuclear...
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Cairo, 2002. with her sister, Hind, and their friend, Nihal, Wassef founded Diwan, a fiercely independent bookstore. They were three young women with no business degrees, no formal training, and nothing to lose. At the time, culture was languishing under government mismanagement, and books were considered a luxury, not a necessity. Ten years later, Diwan had become a rousing success, with ten locations, 150 employees, and a fervent fan base. Here...
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
304 p. ; 22 cm.
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Description
Documents the author's conversion from all-American atheist to Islam, a journey marked by her decision to relocate to Cairo, romance with a passionate young Egyptian, and her efforts to balance the virtues of both cultures.
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Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 15
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English archeologist Amelia Peabody Emerson and her eccentric family and friends are hard at work excavationg Egyptian ruins. But this is not just another season in the desert, as Amelia leads her loyal famly into a thrilling, crime-solving tale that is full of humor.
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Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
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Long before she became the X-Man known as Storm, a young orphan named Ororo Munroe stalks the streets of Cairo, stealing under the tutelage of Achmed El-Gibar and yearning for the greatness her mother knew she would find.
Author
Pub. Date
2013, c2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Description
Long before she became the X-Man known as Storm, a young orphan named Ororo Munroe stalks the streets of Cairo, stealing under the tutelage of Achmed El-Gibar and yearning for the greatness her mother knew she would find.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013, c2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Description
Long before she became the X-Man known as Storm, a young orphan named Ororo Munroe stalks the streets of Cairo, stealing under the tutelage of Achmed El-Gibar and yearning for the greatness her mother knew she would find.
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