In these pages you will hopefully find interesting tips on how to take advantage of Cairo's many cultural opportunities, with particular attention to live events. Cairo Live Events Guide does not pretend to be exhaustive but will try to cover main events open to the public.

This is a private, independent, nonprofit endeavour. This blog was started in August 2008 by Cairowanderer who has been running it solo up to May 2011. Since then Cairene Beat contributes as well to the blog. If you have any comment, tip, or information you think might be relevant for the blog, please write to cairowanderer@gmail.com or cairenebeat@gmail.com.

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Friday, October 8, 2010

CAIRO The Family Guide new edition (4th)

When I arrived in Cairo four years ago, on my very first weekend I took two important steps:
1 - I took the Metro
2 - I went into a bookshop, bought a map of the city, and Lesley Lababidi's "Cairo The Family Guide"

The Metro is still my favourite means of transportation whenever I head somewhere within a stop's reach and I do not have "dress code" constraints (can't help it, feel uncomfortable in Cairo Metro in a suit), and the Family Guide has accompanied me (and my initially reluctant children) in many of our Cairo adventures and provided me with loads of practical information about the city I was about to discover. It is a book I have (along with Cairo: The Practical Guide, from the same author, and another couple of "must have") suggested to all my Cairo friends.




The new edition of Cairo The Family Guide is out this month and can be purchased in Cairo in all bookshops selling AUC Press books or overseas at Amazon.com (be sure it is the 4th edition as there are significant changes from the 3rd edition. Cairo is evolving fast!)

To watch an interview in which the author Leslie Lababidi presents the book, click here.
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