Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller - Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller

The warm and winning story of opening a modern bookstore where there were none, Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller recounts Nadia Wassef's troubles and triumphs as a founder and manager of Cairo-based Diwan

About the author

Nadia Wassef is an owner of Diwan, Egypt's first modern bookstore, which she co-founded in 2002 with her sister, Hind. She received an MFA from Birkbeck College at the University of London; a Master in Social Anthropology from the University of London; and a Master in English from American University in Cairo. Before Diwan, she worked in research and advocacy for the Female Genital Mutilation Taskforce and in the Women and Memory Forum. Featured on the Forbes List of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the Middle East in 2014, 2015, and 2016, Wassef's work has been covered in Time, Monocle, Business Monthly, and elsewhere. She lives in London with her two daughters.

Summary

The warm and winning story of opening a modern bookstore where there were none, Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller recounts Nadia Wassef's troubles and triumphs as a founder and manager of Cairo-based Diwan

Additional text

'A unique memoir about career, life, love, friendship, motherhood, and the impossibility of succeeding at all of them at the same time. It is the story of Diwan, the first modern bookstore in Cairo, which was opened by three women, one of whom penned this book. As a bookstore owner I found this fascinating. As a reader I found it fascinating. Blunt, honest, funny'

Product details

• Authors: Nadia Wassef, Wassef Nadia
• Publisher: Corsair
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.01.2022
• EAN: 9781472156822
• ISBN: 978-1-4721-5682-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 220 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Language Acts and Worldmaking
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Egypt, Cairo, Memoirs, Autobiography: business & industry, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Autobiography: business and industry, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs