Travel through the vastness of Egypt's 5,000-year history, and the dramatic props of the ancient culture. This fully updated edition contains an abundance of practical information on everything including money, transport, language, accommodation, and shopping. Special topics range from Islam to the fish markets.
Michael Haag, who lived in London, was a writer, historian and biographer. He wrote widely on the Egyptian, Classical and Medieval worlds; and on the Mediterranean and the Middle East.
If you can dodge the eurocentric, orientalist, colonial and supremacist narrative made by an outsider viewing Egypt as an "other". If you can focus on the practical guide and the out and about rich sections, This guide is for you.