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Youssef Rakha

Youssef Rakha is the author of seven books in Arabic. His first novel, Book of the Sultan’s Seal, is forthcoming in English, published by Interlink. He blogs at yrakha.com.

Written by Youssef Rakha

A crowd with an Egyptian flag, a person standing on a pole, and sunlight in the background.

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City of Kismet

Dear daughter, born two years after the Arab Spring, what stories can I tell you about the Cairo of your birth?

Youssef Rakha