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Hold on to Your Veil, Fatima!, Sanna Negus, (Garnet)
Egypt is the most vital of all Arab countries. It owns, famously, a hugely complex and significant ancient past. Until Sadat did a divisive deal with Israel, a deal which the Mubarak administration holds to, it was at the centre of all Arab affairs. It possesses a very real contemporary cultural life unparalleled in either the Arab or the Islamic world. Negus looks deep inside Egyptian life and talks to ordinary Egyptians in order to capture the lively, chatty, mischievous nature of life on the banks of the Nile. I've always regarded the country as being the most attractive of places and Negus, who speaks Arabic and reports on the country for the international media, confirms my enthusiasm.