The mother of the World as seen through the lens of French photographer Jean Pierre Ribiere and the pen of Egyptian writer Sonallah Ibrahim: the result is a reich and highly original portrait of a city. Ribiere's 70 powerful photographs capture fugitive moments in urban life and architecture, in which historic grandeur meets modernity in a race with time. Meanwhile, the author's incisive exploration of Cairo's past and his own past reveals a man living on the edge of a city living on the edge of itself.
- ISBN10 9774244958
- ISBN13 9789774244957
- Publish Date 4 March 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 March 2009
- Publish Country EG
- Imprint The American University in Cairo Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 96
- Language English