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this book highlights the work of leading architects and their contributions to the country’s urban and cultural identity
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Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller filter_vases Hand-painted and adorned with delicateIn 2002, with her sister, Hind, and their friend, Nihal, Nadia Wassef founded Diwan, a fiercely independent bookstore. They were three young women with no business degrees, no formal training, and nothing to lose. At the time, nothing like Diwan existed in Egypt. Culture was languishing under government mismanagement, and books were considered a luxury, not a necessity. Frank, fresh, and very funny, Nadia Wassef? s memoir tells the story of this