My Cairo (eBook)

Part 1: The Cairo We Carry Within Us
Mapping Memory, Mapping Belonging
A Cartography of Belonging: My Cairo, My Cidade Maravilhosa
"Cairo Was His City"
What is Home?
Cities We Carry Within Us: Cairo and the Landscape of Memory
Third Places and the Life of the City
Stamps from Downtown, Memories of My Cairo

Part 2: Twelve Short Stories of a Vanished Cairo
The Island and the Nation: Zamalek, the German School, and the Negotiation of Egyptian Identity
A Street, a Restaurant, a City: Mohamed Ali Street, Hagg Said, and Cairo's Everyday Histories
In the Shadow of Mirrors: Fishawy Café and the Enduring Culture of Cairo's Coffeehouses
Ta'miya in the City: Felfela, Street Food, and the Memory of Downtown Cairo
Café Riche and the Making of Modern Cairo: Politics, Literature, and the Urban Life of Downtown
The Heart of Sha'bi Cairo: Sayyida Zeinab, its Shrine, Streets, and Food Culture
The Sheraton and the Cart: Eating Fuul Between Luxury, Tradition, and Reinvention
Clubs, Coffee, Art and Community: The Architecture of Belonging in Maadi
Books, Magazines, and Stamps: A Boyhood among Cairo's Bookstores
When the Lights Went Down: Memories of Cairo's Cinemas
Fragments from the Nile Hilton: Politics, Family, and the Cosmopolitan Dreams of Cairo
Between Two Mosques: Urban Life, Memory, and the Hidden Stage of Cairo

Part 3: Cairo Held in Memory, Cairo Held in Heart
The City I Left Behind, The City That Still Holds Me: A Memoir of Belonging and Return
Coda: "Home Is Me and You"
The Last Song with My Friend at the Taverne

Acknowledgments and the Weight of Memory