The Cairo Diary (44 page)

THE CAIRO DIARY
. Copyright © 2005 by Maxim Chattam. Translation copyright © 2006 by Susan Dyson. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Chattam, Maxim, 1976–

[Sang du temps. English]

The Cairo diary / Maxim Chattam.

p. cm.

ISBN-13: 978-0-312-36099-3

ISBN-10: 0-312-36099-1

I. Title.

PQ2703.H388 S3613 2007

843'.92—dc22   2007009101

First published in France by Michel Lafon, June 2005.

First U.S. Edition: June 2007

eISBN 9781466861466

First eBook edition: November 2013

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Street

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A red hat similar to the fez mostly worn by Muslim men

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A local tourist guide and translator whose knowledge is often more linked to his address book than to his historical learning

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A place for smoking hashish

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The time of prayer, just before dusk—the Arab day begins at sunset, not at sunrise

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A gigantic bazaar, famous in Cairo.

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A pious foundation also known in Northern Africa under the name of
habous

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An old city that, with Fustat, formed the modern-day city of Cairo