num_pages: 288
description: Hugh Miles living it up in Cairo as a journalist and expat barfly met and fell in love with Roda who introduced him to the card game 'tarneeb' to her all-female card circle and to a previously unseen side of life in the Egyptian capital. 'Playing Cards in Cairo' is his sideways look at the lives of young Egyptians.
language: English
title: Playing Cards in Cairo
publisher: Abacus