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SUMMARY:Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller: an online event with Nadia Wassef
DESCRIPTION:Join an evening with Nadia Wassef to discuss brilliant new memoir CHRONICLES OF A CAIRO BOOKSELLER. Nadia will be in conversation with Will Smith\, a bookseller at Sam Read’s\, on Bookshop Day! \n– – – – \nThe streets of Cairo make strange music. The echoing calls to prayer; the raging insults hurled between drivers; the steady crescendo of horns honking; the shouts of street vendors; the television sets and radios blaring from every sidewalk. Nadia Wassef knows this song by heart. \nIn 2002\, with her sister\, Hind\, and their friend\, Nihal\, she founded Diwan\, a fiercely independent bookstore. They were three young women with no business degrees\, no formal training\, and nothing to lose. At the time\, nothing like Diwan existed in Egypt. Culture was languishing under government mismanagement\, and books were considered a luxury\, not a necessity. Ten years later\, Diwan had become a rousing success\, with ten locations\, 150 employees\, and a fervent fan base. \nFrank\, fresh\, and very funny\, Nadia Wassef’s memoir tells the story of this journey. Its eclectic cast of characters features Diwan’s impassioned regulars\, like the demanding Dr. Medhat; Samir\, the driver with CEO aspirations; meditative and mythical Nihal; silent but deadly Hind; dictatorial and exacting Nadia\, a self-proclaimed bitch to work with-and the many people\, mostly men\, who said Diwan would never work. \nChronicles of a Cairo Bookseller is a portrait of a country hurtling toward revolution\, a feminist rallying cry\, and an unapologetic crash course in running a business under the law of entropy. Above all\, it is a celebration of the power of words to bring us home. \n– – – – \nCorsair and Sam Read Bookseller present an author talk and Q&A with Nadia Wassef \nThe event will take place virtually at 19:30 UK time on Saturday\, October 8th \nTickets: \n£2 – event access \n£10.99 – event access and a paperback copy of Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller to collect from Sam Read \n£13.99 – event access and a paperback copy of Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller posted to you in the UK \n£14.99 – event access and a hardback copy of Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller to collect from Sam Read \n£17.99 – event access and a hardback copy of Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller posted to you in the UK
URL:https://arablit.org/event/chronicles-of-a-cairo-bookseller-an-online-event-with-nadia-wassef/
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