# Playing Cards In Cairo

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- Book: [Playing Cards In Cairo](https://www.bookquiver.com/hugh-miles/playing-cards-in-cairo) ([Playing Cards In Cairo.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/hugh-miles/playing-cards-in-cairo.md))
- Authors: [Hugh Miles](https://www.bookquiver.com/hugh-miles)
- Publisher: piatkus
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-07-4812-960-7
- Published: 2011-02-17
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

PLAYING CARDS IN CAIRO is a fly-on-the-wall account - like THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL - of life (for western readers) in a strange and exotic environment. Hugh Miles lives in Cairo and is engaged to an Egyptian woman. Twice a week he plays cards with a small group of Arab, Muslim women and through this medium he explores their lives in modern Cairo, the greatest of Arab cities. It is a secretive, romantic, often deprived but always soulful existence for the women as they struggle with abusive husbands and philandering boyfriends. The book is a window onto a city - and a way of life - which is at a crucial juncture in its history. Hugh Miles, who knows the Arab world intimately, is the perfect guide.