The Yacoubian Building Av Alaa Al Aswany

In this deeply considered and at times provocative short work, Alaa Al Aswany tells us that to understand the syndrome of dictatorship we must first consider the circumstances of its emergence, along with the symptoms and complications it causes in both...

Cairo at the very end of Ottoman rule. Behind the doors of the Automobile Club of Egypt, Egyptian staff attend to the every need of Cairo's European elite - the way they always have done, it seems. But soon the social upheaval out on the street...

<p><b>From the bestselling author of </b><b><i>The Yacoubian Building</i></b><br><b><br><i>''</i>Superb'' <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><b>''Searing''...

<p><b>From Diana Darke, the acclaimed author of <i>My House in Damascus</i> and <i>The Merchant of Syria</i>, comes the extraordinary true story of a heroic ambulance driver who created a cat sanctuary in the midst...