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496 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780307957214
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Publication date: Not specified
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Once a respected landowner, Abd el-Aziz Gaafar fell into penury and moved his family to Cairo, where he was forced into menial work at the Automobile Club—a refuge of colonial luxury for its European members. There, Alku, the lifelong Nubian retai...
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496 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780307957214
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Once a respected landowner, Abd el-Aziz Gaafar fell into penury and moved his family to Cairo, where he was forced into menial work at the Automobile Club—a refuge of colonial luxury for its European members. There, Alku, the lifelong Nubian retai...