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[QUOTE]Originally posted by With a name like Smuckers: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by akshar: [qb] I agree that no book is going to tell you as much as actually living here. But some people have never been outside their country and they are proposing to set up in Egypt. At least reading these books before hand will give them some much needed background. I read everything I can lay my hands on as I find it all helps but if I had to pick one it would be the fiction book by Ahdaf Soueif. To quote from the blurb [quote]"In the Eye of the Sun" is a story about growing up, a story about what it is like to be a woman of the East and in the West, a story about the last thirty or so perplexed and bloody years. a story about home. It is the great English novel about Egypt, which is also the great Egyptian novel about England.[quote] I found it a great help in understanding some of the dynamics that have shaped Egyptian society, her descriptions of police brutality and living in a police state are haunting. But it also explores the differences between East and West from an Egyptian woman's point of view. She lives in London, one of my old syrian friends has met her, she writes in English and her mother translates her novels into Arabic. I totally recommend it in helping you get under the skin of the country before you move there. [/qb][/QUOTE]The stories sound interesting, I would like to read them for the entertainment value more than anything. It is nice to read someone elses point of view. I'm sure it's an interesting read. :) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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