Two lives for a princess. In the public eye, the pre-Revolution belle of the ball. And in private, the post-Revolution secretary behind an obscure office desk in Switzerland. Princess Nevine Abbas Halim recalls her bittersweet memories in her recently released memoirs. She opens her heart to Gamal Nkrumah

To this day, members of the Mohamed Ali family continue to be maligned in the Egyptian press, writes Faiza Rady