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Blogs in September 2014

The Ghost Runner 9th September 2014

The protagonist is Sudanese, living in Cairo and the subtle aspects of life in that part of the world are effortlessly conveyed by the author. It is Cairo, 2002. Makana and Sindbad are instructed by Magdy Ragab to follow her lawyer...

Loose Connections 1st January 1970

The time is 1967, just prior to the Six Day War between Israel and Egypt, and the setting is Cairo. The characters are an ill-assorted bunch of British ex-pats whose complicated and extended relationships bring comic relief to a...

River God 1st January 1970

Taita is a the brilliant eunuch slave who narrates the story. The main plot is the love between Lostris, the wife of the Pharoah of Egypt, and Tanus, a commander of an army of Pharoah and a trusted friend...

Cairo 1st January 1970

This novel, in the magical realism genre, brings together the mythololly of the ancient Pharoas, 1001 Nights, religion, corruption, gangsters, drugs and much much more.

Death on Tour 1st January 1970

Texas high school teacher Jocelyn Shore and her cousin Kyla are on a “dream” tour of Egypt when things take a nightmarish turn: One of their fellow travelers, Millie Owens, takes a fatal fall off one of the Pyramids....