Hugh Miles

Playing Cards In Cairo

Mint Tea, Tarneeb and Tales of the City

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An insider's account of the drama of Muslim women's lives in Egypt

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abacus / Little, Brown Book Group
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 126mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 230g
• ISBN-13: 9780349119809
• ISBN-10: 0349119805
• Artikelnr.: 23142822

Autorenporträt

Born in Saudi Arabia, Hugh Miles was educated in Libya and Eton and studied Arabic at Oxford and in the Yemen. He has written for the London Review of Books and the S. Times. He won The Times Young Journalist of the Year award in 2000.

Rezensionen

** 'Behind the veil are the frustrations, fads, fashions and fallibilities familiar to women the world over. Miles is a loving listener, whose understanding of the Islamic world is sharpened by tea and sympathy THE TIMES