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Book Review: 'A Land Like You' by Tobie Nathan


Book Review: 'A Land Like You' by Tobie Nathan
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A Land Like You, published by Seagull Books, author Tobie Nathan takes us to an Egypt that will be unfamiliar to most readers. First the book is told mainly from the perspective of Cairo's Jewish community and secondly the events described take place roughly from the end of WWI to the early years of WWII.
We follow the fortunes of one family who live in the old Jewish quarter of Cairo, Haret al-Yahud. Aside from poverty the area is also rife with superstition and folk beliefs. As befits people who identify as having been part of Egypt since the times of Moses the poor Jews have assimilated many of their Arabic neighbours' beliefs and superstitions.

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