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Author:
Nadia Wassef
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date:
October 5, 2021
The story of opening a modern bookstore where there were none that recounts Nadia Wassef's troubles and triumphs as a founder and manager of Cairo-based Diwan.
What The Reviewers Say
... gorgeous, entertaining.
The richness of Wassef’s debut makes it a hard one to categorize.
... this is not merely a book about a business venture, though readers will learn much about the ins and outs of the bookselling business. Wassef also describes the social and political climate of Egypt and the restrictions that women are faced with.
[Wassef] paints a vivid image of the book industry in Cairo of nearly 20 years ago, when she entered the scene with her sister Hind (cofounder of Diwan), describing the harried world of publishing and the misogyny that working Egyptian women faced, as well as the streets and neighborhoods of her city.
