Cairo from Edge to Edge
Author | : Ṣunʻ Allāh Ibrāhīm |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1998 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015043195828 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Download or read book Cairo from Edge to Edge written by Ṣunʻ Allāh Ibrāhīm and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mother of the World as seen through the lens of French photographer Jean Pierre Ribi??re and the pen of Egyptian writer Sonallah Ibrahim. The result is a rich and highly original portrait of a city. Ribi??re's seventy powerful photographs capture fugitive moments in urban life and architecture, in which historic grandeur meets modernity in a race with time. Meanwhile, Sonallah Ibrahim'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.