Literary Life of Cairo

Samia Mehrez is professor of Arabic literature in the Department of Arab and Islamic Civilization and director of the Center for Translation Studies at the American University in Cairo. She is the editor of The Literary Atlas of Cairo (AUC Press pbk edition, 2016) and Translating Egypt's Revolution (AUC Press, 2012).

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Cairo, Mother of Cities, Again and Again1. Icons of the CityRobert Solé, Birds of Passage Ahmad Hussein, And Cairo Burned Nawal El Saadawi, Walking through Fire Ahdaf Soueif, In the Eye of the Sun Mohamed Mansi Qandil, Broken Soul Edward Said, Homage to a Belly Dancer Mahmoud Al-Wardani, Heads Ripe for Plucking Mohamed Mansi Qandil, Broken Soul Naguib Mahfouz, The Day the Leader was Killed Ahdaf Soueif, The Map of Love Ibrahim Issa, The Assassination of the Big Man 2. Cairo Cosmopolitan Ihsan Abdel Quddus, I am Free Fathy Ghanem, A Girl from Shubra Midhat Gazalé, Pyramids Road Chafika Hamamsy, Zamalek Colette Rossant, Apricots on the Nile Robert Solé, Birds of Passage Alaa Al Aswany, Mme Zitta Mendès, A Last Image Samia Serageldin, The Cairo House Mohamed Berrada, Like a Summer Never to Be Repeated Ghazi Abdel Rahman al-Qusaybi, The Apartment of Freedom Mahmoud Al-Wardani, Heads Ripe for Plucking Bahaa Abdelmegid, Saint Theresa Yasser Abdel Latif, The Law of Inheritance Alaa Al Aswany, The Yacoubian Building Hamdi Abu Golayyel, Thieves in Retirement 3. Going to School in Cairo Naguib Mahfouz, Palace Walk Hassan Hassan, In the House of Muhammad Ali Taha Hussein, The Days Ihab Hassan, Out of Egypt Leila Ahmed, A Border Passage Midhat Gazalé, Pyramids Road Laila Osayran, Colored Ribbons from My Life Edward Said, Out of Place Ihsan Abdel Quddus, I am Free Mohamed Berrada, Like a Summer Never to Be Repeated Miral al-Tahawy, The Blue Aubergine Khaled Al Khamissi, Taxi 4. The Street Is Ours? Naguib Mahfouz, Palace Walk Huda Shaarawi, Harem Years Latifa al-Zayyat, The Open Door Ahmad Hussein, And Cairo Burned Idris Ali, Poor Robert Solé, Birds of Passage Ghaleb Halasa, The Novelists Latifa al-Zayyat, The Search: Personal Papers Hala El Badry, A Certain Woman Mahmoud Al-Wardani, Heads Ripe for Plucking Radwa Ashour, Warm Rock Ibrahim Aslan, The Heron Salwa Bakr, Zeenat Marches in the President’s Funeral Mona Prince, Three Suitcases for Departure Alaa Al Aswany, The Yacoubian Building Alaa Al Aswany, The Yacoubian Building Mourid Barghouti, Checkpoints Khaled Al Khamissi, Taxi Sharif Hatatah, The Eye with an Iron Lid Raouf Musad, The Ostrich Egg Sonallah Ibrahim, The Smell of It Nawal El Saadawi, Memoirs from the Women’s Prison Hamdi el-Gazzar, Secret Pleasures 5. Women in the City Tawfiq al-Hakim, The Return of the Spirit Naguib Mahfouz, Midaq Alley Naguib Mahfouz, Palace Walk Fathy Ghanem, The Man Who Lost His Shadow Yusuf Idris, The Siren Mohamed Berrada, Like a Summer Never to Be Repeated Sonallah Ibrahim, Zaat Mohamed Salah al-Azab, Frequent Stops Ahdaf Soueif, In the Eye of the Sun Salwa Bakr, The Golden Chariot Khaled Al Khamissi, Taxi Amira Abou-Taleb, Barbed Silk Ghada Abdel Al, I Want to Get Married 6. Cairo’s Underworld Naguib Mahfouz, Midaq Alley Maguid Tobia, Five Unread Papers Yahya Taher Abdullah, The Story of the Upper Egyptian Hamdi Abu Golayyel, A Dog with No Tail Salwa Bakr, Zeenat Marches in the President’s Funeral Mekkawi Said, Cairo Swan Song Hamid Abdel Samad, Farewell, Heaven Idris Ali, Poor Mohamed al-Fakharani, An Interval for Bewilderment Hani Abdel Mourid, Kyrie Eleison Cairo’s Drug Culture Naguib Mahfouz, Adrift on the Nile Yusuf Idris, Did You Have to Turn on the Light, Lili? Ismail Wali al-Din, Saqqara Grief Albert Cossery, Proud Beggars Gamil Atia Ibrahim, Down to the Sea Khairy Shalaby, The Hashish Waiter Yasser Abdel Hafez, In Celebration of Life Hamdi Abu Golayyel, A Dog with No Tail Raouf Musad, Ithaka Yahya Taher Abdullah, A Tale with a Moral Bahaa Abdelmegid, Sleeping with Strangers Mohamed al-Fakharani, An Interval for Bewilderment Essam Youssef, A ¼ Gram Epilogue Sherine Aboul Naga, Cairo Treason Sonallah Ibrahim, Cairo From Edge to Edge About the Authors Bibliography Glossary Index of Authors