17 Sheikh Hamza Street, Cairo: Life on the back of a sleeping crocodile

by Avraham Bar-Av (Bentata)

Book Overview

The life of a Jewish family in Cairo is dramatically affected by the rise of Arab nationalism. A fascinating drama based on the biographic memoirs of the author, offering invaluable insight into Jewish history, North African Jewry and the history of the Middle East. The Jewish Bentata family settles in Cairo, Egypt, at the beginning of the 20th century. After a few decades of leading a respectful bourgeois lifestyle suited for middle-class westerners...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1511517077
• ISBN13: 9781511517072
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"