Cairo

Books in this genre are set in or about Cairo.

Impasse des deux palais
The Yacoubian Building
ملامح القاهرة في ألف سنة
A Dead Djinn in Cairo (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.1)
Midaq Alley
‫أطلس القاهرة الأدبي: مائة عام في شوارع القاهرة ‬
Cairo: The City Victorious (Vintage Departures)
In the Eye of the Sun
The Colors of Infamy
A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3)
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (The Cairo Trilogy #1-3)
القاهرة
سيرة القاهرة
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
The Road To Purification by Harry WhitewolfThe Arabian Nightmare by Robert IrwinThe Butterfly Mosque by G. Willow WilsonCairo by Max RodenbeckIn the Eye of the Sun by Ahdaf Soueif
CAIRO: fictional and factual stories.
74 books — 18 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiSketches from the Periphery by M.P. SummersZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad Akreyi
Must Reads
190 books — 162 voters

Vintage Alexandria by Michael HaagBabylon of Egypt by Peter SheehanThe Treasures of Islamic Art in the Museums of Cairo by Bernard O'KaneHouse decoration in Nubia by Marian WenzelThe Literature of Ancient Egypt by William Kelly Simpson
.. ..::..Misr .:.
106 books — 3 voters
Nevada Lowball by Antonio NicassioThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Fictitious Africa
563 books — 319 voters

Rivers of London by Ben AaronovitchStrange Practice by Vivian ShawThe Arabian Nightmare by Robert IrwinThe Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha PulleyBrown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
SFF Set in Global Cities (No YA)
64 books — 6 voters
Charleston in the Age of the Pinckneys by George C. Rogers Jr.Following Caesar by John KeaheyIstanbul and the Civilization of the Ottoman Empire by Bernard LewisCairo by Gaston WietBukhara by Richard N. Frye
Centers of Civilization series
34 books — 3 voters


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David Sims
There is a misconception held by many Egyptian professionals, especially engineers, that informal housing is haphazardly constructed and liable to collapse. However, such precarious housing is almost unknown in informal areas. Since informal housing is overwhelmingly owner-built without use of formal contractors, it is in the owner’s own best interest to ensure that care is taken in construction. In fact, one of the main features of informal housing construction is its high structural quality, r ...more
David Sims, Understanding Cairo: The Logic of a City Out of Control

أنيس منصور
من أهم صفات القاهرة أنها مدينة بلا أرصفة .. أنها مدينة تدعو الناس إلى أن يتحولوا إلى أبراصا تمشي على الجدران
أنيس منصور, معذبون في كل أرض

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