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I asked my sister to get me this book from Egypt when she was coming because I had read a couple of reviews and was interested in what she had to say. I am always interested when young Egyptian female writers get published. I’ve always thought that the younger generations have lots of things to say especially the women. Amy, a senior editor at Enigma wrote a column that became a book.
I was sort of surprised that the book was only 94 pages, to me that’s more of a booklet, it is shorter than our washing machine manual. Nevertheless I read it all in a couple of hourse. It has been called Cairo’s “Sex and the City”, but I have to disagree. The book is about Amy’s trials at dating, Amy having to deal with what she calls Cairo’s elite society and Amy’s writer’s block. To be fair, the book was funny, light and entertaining but has no depth whatsoever. I always hope that once I put a book down it leaves a lingering aftertaste in my brain that I can think about. Once you put it down it is over. Again, to be fair her writing style is funny and very personal and you can clearly see her character and soul in it and you sort of feel that she must be a fun bubbly character you would enjoy having coffee with. It is more like a diary than a book.
So if you are looking for something to read at the beach or perhaps on a train ride then this might interest you. If on the other hand you were expecting deeper insights into Egypt’s society than go look someplace else.
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