| #5721406 in Books | 2008-05-07 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.70 x5.40l,.70 | File type: PDF | 243 pages|||The essays each written from a different historical and cultural perspective present a multidimensional view of Egypt as seen through the eyes of travelers and tourists. --The Middle East Journal
No land on earth has been so long observed as Egypt, which was attracting awestruck travelers back in the days of Herodotus and Julius Caesar. The range of voices gathered here is dazzling: an ancient myth from a papyrus next to Naguib Mahfouz's account of Alexandria, Florence Nightingale describing Abu Simbel side by side with Ahdaf Soueif's description of Sinai. A description of medieval Cairo by Ibn Jubayr walks hand in hand with one of the modern city by the Egyptian...
You easily download any file type for your device.Egypt (Through Writers' Eyes) | Deborah Manley. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
