Playing Cards in Cairo

One of the best books i have read recently.

The book's whole incidents take place in Cairo, Egypt. And the women there. 

But as i was reading , there seems to be nothing that much different between women in Saudi Arabia and women in Egypt. And as always i don't mean ALL women. 

I was reading and thinking of how much the author is talking about my life and the lives of many Saudi women as much as he was talking about women in Egypt.

The book is talking about the time the writer spent in Cairo where he met a beautiful Egyptian Muslim woman whom he fell in love with .

 The woman "Roda" introduce him to the world of Egyptian women by inviting him to play "taraneeb" a card game. There he met her sisters and friends and through them he see the way some or most Egyptian women live. His life during Ramadan there and how to be with the woman he loves despite being from two different religions. 

The author was very smart in his way of  introduce the history of Egypt. Modern life mixed with history in this book.

It's a must read book. 

Here is an interview with the author