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 thinker, Taha Hussein. Lucie Duff-Gordon sails up the Nile, Edward Lane crawls through a sand-filled temple and Isambard Kingdom Brunel struggles up the cataract above Aswan. "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
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:095501056X
ISBN13:9780955010569
Release Date:May 2008
Publisher:Eland Publishing
Length:243 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5"
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