Lesley Lababidi: 1 book
Cairo's Street Stories
Exploring the City's Statues, Squares, Bridges, Garden, and Sidewalk Cafes
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
In 1872, Ismail Pasha, the khedive of Egypt, was the first to adopt the European custom of positioning heroic statues on public display as a symbolic message of the continuing authority of the ruling Muhammad Ali dynasty to which he belonged, but it was not until the early twentieth century and the...
