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Feather quill pen with an elegantly worked bronze nib holder and natural shape
A striking ceramic jug in vibrant yellow
Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller filter_vases pencil cases and purses areIn 2002, with her sister, Hind, and their friend, Nihal, Nadia Wassef 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. Frank, fresh, and very funny, Nadia Wassef? s memoir tells the story of this