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Cairo: The City Victorious by Max Rodenbeck (Paperback, 2000)

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Product Description : From a noted journalist who has spent much of his life in Cairo here is a dazzling cultural excavation of that most ancient colorful and multifaceted of cities The seat of pharaohs and sultans the prize of conquerors from Alexander to Saladin to Napoleon Caironicknamed the Victorioushas never ceased reinventing herselfWith intimate knowlege humor and affection Rodenbeck takes us on an insiders tour of the magnificent city its backstreets and bazaars its bellydance theaters and hashish dens its crowded slums and fashionable salons its incomparably rich past and its challenging future Cairo The City Victorious is a unique blend of travel and history an epic resonant work that brings one of the worlds great metropolises to life in all its dusty chaotic beauty