{"product_id":"cairo-maria-golia-9781861891877","title":"Cairo: City of Sand","description":"Cairo is a 1,400-year-old metropolis whose streets are inscribed with sagas, a place where the pressures of life test people's equanimity to the very limit. Virtually surrounded by desert, sixteen million Cairenes cling to the Nile and each other, proximities that color and shape lives. Packed with incident and anecdote \u003ci\u003eCairo: City of Sand\u003c\/i\u003e describes the city's given circumstances and people's attitudes of response. Apart from a brisk historical overview, this book focuses on the present moment of one of the world's most illustrious and irreducible cities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCairo\u003c\/i\u003e steps inside the interactions between Cairenes, examining the roles of family, tradition and bureaucracy in everyday life. The book explores Cairo's relationship with its \"others\", from the French and British occupations to modern influences like tourism and consumerism. \u003ci\u003eCairo\u003c\/i\u003e also discusses characteristic styles of communication, and linguistic \u003ci\u003em麥es\u003c\/i\u003e, including slang, grandiloquence, curses and jokes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCairo exists by virtue of these interactions, synergies of necessity, creativity and the presence or absence of power. \u003ci\u003eCairo: City of Sand\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a peerless balancing act, and transmits the city's overriding message: the breadth of the human capacity for loss, astonishment and delight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maria Golia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1861891873\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781861891877\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.17h x 6.14w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2004 pg. 105","brand":"Maria Golia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069993906431,"sku":"9781861891877","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_000d1e82-86b9-44e6-a65b-c6c5e7e8d585.jpg?v=1685427720","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cairo-maria-golia-9781861891877","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}