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Too often ... would men boast only of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen.


Real Name: Sunita
Lives In: Antwerp, BE
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Reading List - Egypt

by jackfruit - last update: Feb 29, 2004

Planning for Egypt - Couch Potato recommendations!

Egypt - the topic of travel writing from time immemorial - I couldnt plan a trip there before first devouring some of the great literature that exists today on this exotic destination! Here's a list of books I plan to (and have started to) read before I embark on my egyptian journey in May:

Travel Memoirs

Letters from Egypt: A Journey on the Nile, 1849-1850 - Florence Nightingale
New Yorker in Egypt - Hans Koning
River in the Desert : Modern Travels in Ancient Egypt - Paul William Roberts
Egypt, A Traveller's Anthology - Pick, Christopher

General Reading: Non-fiction

In an Antique Land : History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale - Amitav Ghosh
Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land - David K. Shipler
Khul-Khaal: Five Egyptian Women Tell Their Stories - Nayra Atiya

General Reading: Fiction by Egyptian Authors

The Cairo Trilogy : Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street - Naguib Mahfouz
Beer in the Snooker Club - Waguih Ghali
Rings of Burnished Brass: and Other Stories - Yusuf Idris
Golden Chariot - Salwa Bakr

Tour Guides

Lonely Planet Egypt 7th edition Jan 2004
The Traveler's Key to Ancient Egypt: A Guide to the Sacred Places of Ancient Egypt - John Anthony West

Language Guides

Lonely Planet Egyptian Arabic Phrasebook 2nd Edition
Most of my links here lead to amazon.com because it's the only book site where you can review plenty of feedback about the book, but do check out your local library, half.com, alibris.com, overstock.com and buy.com for the best deals if you want to start your "Egypt" library!

Happy reading!
And of course, if someone out there knows of any other excellent piece of egyptian literature, please do drop me an email!

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ushar Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:50 UTC
 hey..congrats !!! u r a featured member..:) I was going thru ur pages...great..:)..Then regarding Antartica ...one of my family member stayed there for 16 months to give medical cover to the the expedition team from 1984 to 1986. regs... ush
a2lopes Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:41 UTC
 Happy birthday Sunita and many happy returns to the day. Greetings from Lisbon which is waiting for your visit next year for the Euromeeting
aadil Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:47 UTC
 A very Happy Birthday to you!!! Hope you are doing well. Lovely page with some fantastic pictures (especially the opening one) and writings!!! May all your travel dreams come true!!!
Mikebond Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:06 UTC
 Happy birthday from Italy!
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