4500 kilometers of Egyptian reality. With the poor people’s bus through Egypt.
- october 2013
- Dumont-Reiseverlag
- 280 pages
- Language: German
- Price: € 14.99 * € 12.99 (e-book)
- ISBN-13: 978-3770182527
- Available at amazon
Great cultural assets and beautiful beaches – that’s how Egypt is known. But most people in this North African country have to fight for survival every day, are deeply religious and follow ancient rules.
The author takes the reader with him on his travels to fifteen villages and towns. He reaches almost every corner of the country by minibus and talks to people about God,
The author learns why many Egyptians have never visited the pyramids and what a German company that manufactures license plates has to do with the corrupt Mubarak regime. He visits the place in the Nile Delta where the September 11 terrorist pilot grew up and the city where the powerful
The author is curious about people, he hardly ever avoids conversation. A travel book that leaves out the pyramids, temples and river cruise ships.
The literary travelogue is considered a dying breed. In his book 'As a Spy on the Nile', the journalist vividly describes how Egypt's society has developed in recent years beyond the Nile cruises and luxury hotels on the Red Sea. He convincingly explains why the revolution is bringing the Muslim Brotherhood to power and why the military will not stand by and watch.
A book that deserves a special recommendation as a travel guide of a different kind, because it shows Egypt as it is rarely seen - in all its grandeur and poverty.
