book fair etc

The monstrous annual Cairo Book Fair took over the convention center for two weeks. Thousands of shoppers, probably tens of thousands each day, and many hundreds of stalls from publishers big and small. Books run the gamut from instructional to novels, and from beautifully-bound to affordable-to-the-masses. Most books are in Arabic, and most published in Egypt, but quite a few are in European languages and published elsewhere

Another hall:
This is one of the dozens of used book dealers. Most used books seemed to go for under a dollar.

The American University stall had the best selection of books in English. I liked the contrast of the super-nerdy Islamic Liberalism upper left and Charles Bukowski, lower right.


Typical subway commute.




The new warning on Egyptian cigarette packages. Black on yellow text is a standard health warning. White on black reads "Smoking for a long period effects marital relations." Some locals think that the picture is too vulgar, but at least the language is polite.