18 Books to Pick Up in January 2014
16 of 18
Cairo: Memoir of a City Transformed
By Ahdaf Soueif
272 pages;
Pantheon
This firsthand account of the revolution that ousted President Hosni Mubarak offers a window onto the uprising, and contrasts Egypt's current strife with the author's peaceful childhood.
— Abbe Wright
Published 12/19/2013