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Cairo

Chris Womersley

A summer of liberation leads to a teenage boy becoming caught up in the notorious heist of Picasso’s Weeping Woman.

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Paperblanks 2024-2025 Weekly Planner Midnight Star Cairo Atelier 18-Month Flexis Ultra Vertical Elastic Band 224 Pg 80 GSM

A brilliant 16th-century Cairo workshop is responsible for this 12-pointed star design. Though the atelier's name has been lost to history, the detailed pattern and fine materials used show why…

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Midnight Star (Cairo Atelier) Ultra 18-month Vertical Softcover Flexi Dayplanner 2025 (Elastic Band Closure)

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A brilliant Cairo workshop is responsible for this 12-pointed star design, originally crafted in the early 1500s. Cairo and Damascus were at the centre of Islamic bookbinding and design, with…

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Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller

Nadia Wassef

The warm and winning story of opening a modern bookstore where there were none, Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller recounts Nadia Wassef’s troubles and triumphs as a founder and manager…

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Cairo

Rebecca Sabelko

Located on the Nile River, the area that is now Cairo has been home to people for millennia. This fun title uses narrative text and vibrant illustrations to take readers…

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American Presidents and Israeli Settlements since 1967

Michael F. Cairo

Tracing presidential administrations since Lyndon B. Johnson, this book argues that the Trump administration's policy toward Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem is not an aberration, but the…

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In Cairo and Jerusalem

Mary Thorn Carpenter

In Cairo and Jerusalem - An Eastern Note Book is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas…

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Cairo Collages

Mona Abaza

With the military seizing overt power in Egypt, Cairo's grand and dramatic urban reshaping during and after 2011 is reflected upon under the lens of a smaller story narrating everyday…

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Cairo Securitized

A rich examination of the securitization of the everyday lives of the citizens of Cairo and how to build a more equitable urban order

Until the year 2000, Cairo had…

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Cairo

Rebecca Sabelko

Located on the Nile River, the area that is now Cairo has been home to people for millennia. This fun title uses narrative text and vibrant illustrations to take readers…

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Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller

Nadia Wassef

The warm and winning story of opening a modern bookstore where there were none, Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller recounts Nadia Wassef’s troubles and triumphs as a founder and manager…

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Learning With Captain Cairo

Jaimye Lynn

Learning With Captain Cairo teaches you parts of the body, while also educating on the roles they play in our daily lives.

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Murder in Cairo

Martha Bond

Beware of the Pharaoh's Curse! Young sleuth, Lottie Sprigg, accompanies her employer to Cairo--a city flushed with excitement after the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. But a shadow looms after the…

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Murder in Cairo

Martha Bond

Beware of the Pharaoh's Curse! Young sleuth, Lottie Sprigg, accompanies her employer to Cairo--a city flushed with excitement after the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. But a shadow looms after the…

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Murder in Cairo

Martha Bond

Beware of the Pharaoh's Curse! Young sleuth, Lottie Sprigg, accompanies her employer to Cairo--a city flushed with excitement after the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. But a shadow looms after the…

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Cinema Cairo Palace

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General Lord Wolseley of Cairo; A Memoir

Charles Rathbone Low

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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General Lord Wolseley of Cairo; A Memoir

Charles Rathbone Low

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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Road to Cairo - A Traveler’s Ultimate Guide

Cuqi And Co Publication, Dave Wilson

Start a journey through the heart of Egypt like never before with "Road to Cairo: A Traveler's Ultimate Guide." This well-chosen handbook is your all-access pass to Cairo, the captivating…

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Hello, My Name Is Cairo

Lovelee Lundy

Join Cairo as he introduces himself and speaks to his classmates about his journey of being diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Come along with Cairo as he embarks on this…

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Cairo Travel Guide 2023-2024

Rebecca Yevseyeva

Embark on an extraordinary journey through time and culture with the "Cairo Travel Guide 2023-2024." This meticulously crafted guidebook is your passport to discovering the heart and soul of one…

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Cairo Travel Guide 2023-2024

Bruce Terry

Are you tired of browsing countless websites and travel forums trying to find the best information about Cairo? Do you want a reliable solution to all your travel-related problems? If…

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Scenes from Life in Cairo. A Glimpse Behind the Curtain

Mary Louisa Whately

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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Scenes from Life in Cairo. A Glimpse Behind the Curtain

Mary Louisa Whately

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street

Naguib Mahfouz

Filled with compelling drama, earthy humour and remarkable insight, this book traces three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a…

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Initial Comments on Select Cairo Genizah Fragments of Tractate Eruvin in the Talmud Bavli

Uri Zur

The research in the book systematically addresses most of the Genizah fragments from Cambridge University Library (CUL), the Taylor Schechter Collection, Old Series Box F, that refer to sugyot from…

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Midnight Star (Cairo Atelier) Ultra 12-month Dayplanner 2024

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A brilliant Cairo workshop is responsible for this 12-pointed star design, originally crafted in the early 1500s. Cairo and Damascus were at the centre of Islamic bookbinding and design, with…

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Elara’s Odyssey

Brotss Studio

"Elara's Odyssey: Mystery in Cairo" is a captivating tale that transports readers to the heart of Egypt for an enthralling adventure.

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Elara’s Odyssey

Brotss Studio

"Elara's Odyssey: Mystery in Cairo" is a journey not just through the sands of Egypt, but through the realms of imagination, where the past and present merge in the creation…

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The Imam, The Pasha & The Englishman

The dramatic encounter between Muhammad 'Ali Pasha, Ottoman governor of Egypt, and his vanquished Saudi foe, Imam 'Abd Allah, in Cairo in November 1818. The book highlights the importance of…

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Core Connections

Christine M. Sahin

Core Connections: Cairo Belly Dance in the Revolution's Aftermath explores the intricate networks of belly dance in Cairo, Egypt following the turbulent aftermath of the January 25, 2011 revolution. This…

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Sacred Places Tell Tales

Yoram Meital

"Cairo's synagogues, Jewish cemeteries, and books are not relics of the past, but sites and materials that tell the story of modern Egyptian Jewish communities is told, both as sites…

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Raqs in the City

Heather D. Ward

In the city of Cairo, certain spaces bear strong historical associations with belly dance, belly dancers, and professional entertainment in general. Azbakiyah, Imad al-Din Street, and Muhammad Ali Street were…

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International Migration in the Euro-Mediterranean Region

A multilayered, multidisciplinary examination of migration in the Euro-Mediterranean region during two centuries

This issue of Cairo Papers takes up the various dimensions of migration and refugees in the Euro-Mediterranean…

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Biographies of Port Said: Everydayness of State, Dwellers, and Strangers

Mostafa Mohie

A study of how the city of Port Said was created, and its spaces mutually produced and transformed through the practices of both dwellers and the state

Founded in 1859…

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Understanding the Public Sector in Egyptian Cinema: A State Venture

Tamara Chahine Maatouk

Public and government attitudes to the role of the public sector in Egyptian cinema

In 1957 the public sector in Egyptian cinema was established, followed shortly by the emergence of…

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On Friendship between the No Longer and the Not Yet: An Ethnographic Account

Soha Mohsen

An ethnographic study of the contemporary meanings, forms, and purposes of friendship among young Egyptians

There is a great deal to be said about ideas and imaginations of the "future"…

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Oral History in Times of Change: Gender, Documentation, and the Making of Archives

Challenges, opportunities, and methodological issues in the creation of oral history archives in the Arab world

Oral history archives have always been at the forefront of liberatory social movements in…

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The Complete Works of Alberto Caeiro: Bilingual edition

Fernando Pessoa

A bilingual companion to The Book of Disquiet, by Fernando Pessoa

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Kitty-Kitty, Bang-Bang: A Novel

Cairo

It was her cutthroat ambition and ruthlessness that got Katrina–or Kat for short–out of the hood and on top of her game. Having once used her alluring charm and exotic…

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Between The Sheets

Cairo

Marika and Marcel Franklin are a strikingly handsome, 30-something married couple with voracious sex drives - professionals by day, uninhibited sexual beings at night. They are both equally attracted to…

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Daddy Long Stroke

Cairo

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Kat Trap

Cairo

A killer on a multimillion dollar team of professional assassins, Katrina begins to crave more and more power.

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Cairo

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Nemesis

Cairo

This studio album, recorded with John Mitchell at Outhouse Studios, taps into contemporary global concerns and demonstrates the band's impressive, genre-defying approach with menacing, angular riffs, pop rock hooks and…

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Slippery When Wet

Cairo

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Deep Throat Diva: A Novel

Cairo

The titillating story of a women who will do anything to prevent her dirty secrets from coming to light.

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