” Berlitz Pocket Guide Cairo” combines informative text with vivid color photography to uncover one of the world`s largest cities. It covers everything you need to know about Cairo`s attractions, from the Egyptian Museum`s world-class collections & the Muhammed Ali Mosque in the Citadel to the Khan Al-Khalili bazaar &, of course, the Giza Pyramids on the city`s doorstep. Handy maps on the cover flaps help you navigate, & the book uses color-coding to differentiate between sections. To inspire you, the book offers a rundown of the Top 10 Attractions in the city, followed by an itinerary for a Perfect Day in Cairo. The What To Do chapter is a snapshot of ways to spend your time, from shopping at the bustling Khan Al-Khalili bazaar to sailing serenely down the Nile. The book provides all the essential background information, including a brief history of Cairo & an Eating Out chapter covering Egyptian cuisine. There are carefully chosen listings of the best hotels & restaurants, & an A-Z of all the practical information you`ll need. ...

High definition, Pop Out Map with comprehensive index of street names in a tactile, easy-to-use format to aid quick orientation. This compact product contains 5 maps with coverage including: central Cairo, greater Cairo, Giza Pyramids, Heliopolis, scuba diving, & a metro map. Handy size, fits easily into a pocket, handbag or rucksack. ...

Cairo Pop-Out Map from Compass Maps in a series designed to provide two street plans, the city centre plus a wider area around it, in a handy format to fit neatly all but the smallest pockets, with, as appropriate, transport network diagrams, additional useful maps, etc. Each title ...

Francis Bedford was commissioned by Queen Victoria to accompany the future King Edward VII on his tour of the Middle East in spring 1862. This lavishly illustrated & beautifully produced book traces their route through Egypt, Palestine, Turkey & Greece, using Bedfords photographs alongside extracts from the Princes diary & other newly discovered archival material, published here for the first time. In often stifling heat, Bedford produced over 200 negatives, including images of architecture & stunning landscapes, as well as portraits of those he encountered on the tour both local inhabitants & members of the royal party. ...

Cairo in the Wallpaper City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

The famous monuments of Ancient Egypt & of the Nile Delta are magnificently discussed & illustrated in this book. Cairo with its Souks & Bazaars captivate the tourist with the bustle of Africa`s Busiest City. The Pyramids of Giza are one of the 7 wonders of the Ancient World
- together with the Sphinx. They are still a wonder to any traveller who sees them, especially for the first time. Sakkarah & Memphis with the older step pyramids continue to evoke wonder in their setting in the desert.
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From its earliest days as a royal settlement fronting the pyramids of Giza to its current manifestation as the largest metropolis in Africa, Cairo has forever captured the urban pulse of the Middle East. In Cairo: Histories of a City, Nezar Al Sayyad narrates the many Cairos that have existed throughout time, offering a panoramic view of the city`s history unmatched in temporal & geographic scope, through an in-depth examination of its architecture & urban form. In twelve vignettes, accompanied by drawings, photographs, & maps, Al Sayyad details the shifts in Cairo`s built environment through stories of important figures who marked the cityscape with their personal ambitions & their political ideologies. The city is visually reconstructed & brought to life not only as a physical fabric but also as a social & political order--a city built within, upon, & over, resulting in a present-day richly layered urban environment. Each chapter attempts to capture a defining moment in the life trajectory of a city loved for all of its evocations & contradictions. Throughout, Al Sayyad illuminates not only the spaces that make up Cairo but also the figures that shaped them, including its chroniclers, from Herodotus to Mahfouz, who recorded the deeds of great & ordinary Cairenes alike. He pays particular attention to how the imperatives of Egypt`s various rulers & regimes--from the pharaohs to Sadat & beyond--have inscribed themselves in the city that residents navigate today. ...

Ahdaf Soueif was born & brought up in Cairo. When the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 erupted on January 25th, she, along with thousands of others, called Tahrir Square home for eighteen days. She reported for the world`s media & did, like everyone else, whatever she could. Cairo tells the story of the Eygyptian Revolution, of how on the 28th of January when The People took the Square & torched the headquarters of the hated ruling National Democratic Party, The (same) People formed a human chain to protect the Antiquities Museum & demanded an official handover to the military; it tells how, on Wednesday, February 2nd, as The People defended themselves against the invading thug militias & fought pitched battles at the entrance to the Square in the shadow of the Antiquities Museum, The (same) People at the centre of the square debated political structures & laughed at st&-up comics & distributed sandwiches & water. People everywhere want to make this Revolution their own, & we in Egypt want to share it. Ahdaf Soueif, novelist, commentator, & activist, navigates her history of Cairo & her journey through the Revolution that`s redrawing its future. Through a map of stories drawn from private history & public record Soueif charts a story of the Revolution that is both intimately hers & publicly Egyptian. ...

Over the past few months I have delivered lectures, presentations & interviews on the Egyptian Revolution. I have had overflowing houses everywhere, been stopped by old ladies in the street & had my hand shaken by numerous taxi drivers & shopkeepers. & all because I'm Egyptian & the glitter of Tahrir is upon me. They wanted me to talk to them, to tell them stories about it, to tell them how, on the 28th of January when we took the Square & The People torched the headquarters of the hated ruling National Democratic Party, The (same) People formed a human chain to protect the Antiquities Museum & demanded an official handover to the military; to tell them how, on Wednesday, February 2nd, as The People defended themselves against the invading thug militias & fought pitched battles at the entrance to the Square in the shadow of the Antiquities Museum, The (same) People at the centre of the square debated political structures & laughed at st&-up comics & distributed sandwiches & water; to tell them of the chants & the poetry & the songs, of how we danced & waved at the F16s that our President flew over us. People everywhere want to make this Revolution their own, & we in Egypt want to share it. Ahdaf Soueif
- novelist, commentator, activist
- navigates her history of Cairo & her journey through the Revolution that's redrawing its future. Through a map of stories drawn from private history & public record Soueif charts a story of the Revolution that is both intimately hers & publicly Egyptian. Ahdaf Soueif was born & brought up in Cairo. When the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 erupted on January 25th, she, along with thousands of others, called Tahrir Square home for eighteen days. She reported for the world's media & did
- like everyone else
- whatever she could.



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