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"Al Jazeera" by Hugh Miles
32.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
With more than fifty million viewers, Al Jazeera is one of the most widely watched news channels in the world. It's also one of the most controversial. Set up by the eccentric Emir of Qatar, who turned a failed BBC Arabic television project into an Arab news channel, Al Jazeera quickly became a househol ...Show more
Playing Cards in Cairo - Mint Tea, Tarneeb and Tales of the City by Hugh Miles
39.99 NZD
Category: Travel Writing | Reading Level: good
Recently installed in Cairo as a freelance journalist and expat barfly, Hugh Miles soon meets and falls in love with Roda, a beautiful Egyptian doctor, who introduces him to Egypt's favourite pastime, the card game tarneeb, to her all-female card circle, and to a previously unseen side of life in the Mi ...Show more
Playing Cards in Cairo: Mint Tea, Tarneeb and Tales of the City by Hugh Miles
29.99 NZD
Category: Travel Writing
PLAYING CARDS IN CAIRO is a fly-on-the-wall account - like THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL - of life (for western readers) in a strange and exotic environment. Hugh Miles lives in Cairo and is engaged to an Egyptian woman. Twice a week he plays cards with a small group of Arab, Muslim women and through this med ...Show more
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