cairo (egypt)

As the only son of an American diplomat, 12-year-old Ronald "Rocket" Robinson lives a lonely life with his only friend Screech, a monkey. But adventure finds him in 1933 Cairo, Egypt, when he reads a strange note written in hieroglyphs.

ARABIA is the story of Jonathan Raban's magic carpet ride through Bahrain, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Yemen, Egypt and Jordan. Not only does it reveal the Arabs and their culture, it also introduces us to a series of memorable individuals. Much of the book's strength is the author's gift for friendships. He brings us into markets and hotels to glamorous parties and seedy rooms, to a sheikh's fortress and the home of a Bedu family. He opens up the world of the rich and the poor and gives us the feel, the smells, the sounds, the very texture of Arabia.

A firsthand account of the Egyptian Revolution. A native of Cairo, the author details the events of January 25, 2011, when thousands of Egyptians gathered in Tahrir Square to demand the fall of Hosni Mubarak's regime.

British officer William Vandam teams up with a beautiful young Jewish woman in an effort to stop master spy Alex Wolff who is on a mission to steal British military plans in World War II Cairo.

Brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, agents of American Teens Against Crime, are recruited to act as undercover bodyguards for wealthy celebrity Samantha Chilton who has come into possession of a map to a long-sought golden mummy in Egypt--a prize someone is apparently willing to kill for.

strange group of characters try to escape the poor life they lead in a seedy back alley in Cairo.

A study of women, poverty, and life in Cairo, as told through the words of Umm Ali, a member of the lower class who lives with her husband and eight children in a poor neighborhood, enduring a lack of money, little space, and often violence, with hope, dignity, and self-respect.

Semi-retired Rear Admiral Jake Grafton finds himself in a race to avert disaster when a Russian spy informs him that a rogue general has sold four nuclear warheads to a radical Islam terrorist group which plans to detonate them in the United States.

What she wanted was a vacation. What she got was a revolution. After attending her first high school party lands her in jail, Mariam thinks things can't possibly get worse. So when her parents send her to live with her grandmother in Cairo, she is sure her life is over. Her Sittu is Darth Vader's evil sister, and Mariam is convinced that the only sights she'll get to see in Egypt are the rooms in her grandmother's apartment.

Ahmed rides his donkey cart throughout the city of Cairo, hurrying to finish his work, so he can return home and share his secret with his family.