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Issue No.533
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May 2001

Books
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Books is a monthly supplement of Al-Ahram Weekly appearing every second Thursday of the month. We welcome contributions and letters on subjects raised in this supplement. Material may be edited for length and clarity; and should be addressed to Mona Anis, Books Editor, Al-Ahram Weekly, Galaa St., Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt; Faz: +202 578 6089; E-mail: m.anis@ahram.org.eg
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Tim Mackintosh-SmithIn the footsteps of Ibn Battutah
Turi Munthe reviews Travels with a Tangerine, recently published in London, and interviews its author, Tim Mackintosh-Smith

Bringing the city to life
The Living Stones of Cairo, Jaroslaw Dobrowolski, Cairo and New York: The American University in Cairo Press, 2001. pp105

Wikalat Al-Ghouri
Why write of buildings?
The Cairo Heritage, Essays in Honour of Laila Ali Ibrahim, Doris Behrens-Abouseif ed., Cairo:The American University in Cairo Press, 2000. pp340

Gabal Al-Tayr
Out of Egypt
Be Thou There: The Holy Family's Journey in Egypt, Gawdat Gabra ed., Cairo and New York: The American University in Cairo Press, 2001. pp162

Desert self-discovery
Desert Travellers from Herodotus to T E Lawrence, Janet Starkey and Okasha El-Daly eds., London: Astene, 2001.

Shubra Palace
The city victorious

Le Caire, ouvrage realisé sous la direction de André Raymond et al; Cairo: Citadelles et Mazenod, 2000. pp492

At a glance
A shorthand guide to the month compiled by Mahmoud El-Wardani
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