Cairo Chronicles of the Bookstore Owner

In 2002, Nadia Vasseph, her sister Nigal and her friend Hind founded the first independent Diwan bookstore in Cairo. They were young and fearless, they did not have a business plan, but there was no fear. Nadia, Nikhal and Hind did not yet know what difficulties they had to face. In the following years, this trinity had the opportunity to experience all the hardships of doing business in a patriarchal country: to pave the way through harassment and discrimination, to court despotistical bureaucrats and to understand the rules of Egyptian censorship on the move. And when Diwan finally succeeded (ten branches, more than a hundred employees and many fans), a revolution broke out in Egypt. This book is frank memoirs and a daring business roman, a fascinating story about modern Egypt and an unusual guide to Cairo, but first of all, an inspirational story about overcoming any barriers from a love of life