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The Cairo Chronicles (Paperback)by Leslie Robin Lewis (Author)

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Product Description
In January, 2005, a young anthropologist boards a plane in Los Angeles with her husband and two young children, and flies to Egypt, a world both ancient and modern. So begins a year and a half sojourn in the most populous city in the Middle East. In these “reports from the field” the author dons the hijab, trips over Arabic, and interacts with the bemused citizenry, evoking laughter, tears and reflection. Readers will feel the heat of a Cairo summer, mingle with in-laws and ex-patriots, chafe under strict social norms, bow in resignation to a maddening bureaucracy, delight to the devastating wit of Cairenes, weep at the suffering of a struggling underclass, and open their eyes and hearts to the warmth, resilience and humor of ordinary Egyptians.
About the Author
Leslie R. Lewis is a doctoral candidate in anthropology at the University of California at San Diego, a former research fellow at the Institute for Gender and Women's Studies at the American University in Cairo, and a recipient of a National Science Foundation grant for her ethnographic research in Egypt. In addition to her work in the Middle East, Ms. Lewis has traveled and undertaken fieldwork in Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic. She is now living in La Jolla, California where she juggles writing, teaching, academic work and family life, all on a unicycle.