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Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller

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Availability:In StockContributor:Nadia WassefPublish date:2022-10-04Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9781250858863ISBN-10:1250858860UPC:9781250858863Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Business, WorldBook Topic:Middle EasternSize:8.25 x 5.38 x 0.55 inchesWeight:0.6415Product ID:SCEYN9TYBF

Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller

"As a bookseller, I loved Shelf Life for the chance to peer behind the curtain of Diwan, Nadia Wassef 's bookstore--the way that the personal is inextricable from the professional, the way that failure and success are often lovers, the relationship between neighborhoods and books and life. Nadia's story is for every business owner who has ever jumped without a net, and for every reader who has...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9781250858863ISBN-10:1250858860UPC:9781250858863Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Business, WorldBook Topic:Middle EasternSize:8.25 x 5.38 x 0.55 inchesWeight:0.6415Product ID:SCEYN9TYBF
Nadia Wassef is one of the owners of Diwan, Egypt's first modern bookstore, which she cofounded in 2002. She holds three master's degrees: an MA in creative writing from Birkbeck, University of London, an MA in social anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, and an MA in English and comparative literature from the American University in Cairo....
Publisher: Picador USA

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