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Cairo city has a special status among other cities in Egyptian’s imagination: it is a world city. Therefore, Cairo is an enigma. Its knowledge is out of reach. Then, how can Cairo’s fictions help a better understanding of it? A special topic for novelists is the disintegration of the town. According...

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Published inItinéraires Vol. 2016; no. 1
Main Author Marc Kober
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published Pléiade (EA 7338) 01.12.2016
Subjects
cab
Cairo
district
Egypt
lane
town
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Summary:Cairo city has a special status among other cities in Egyptian’s imagination: it is a world city. Therefore, Cairo is an enigma. Its knowledge is out of reach. Then, how can Cairo’s fictions help a better understanding of it? A special topic for novelists is the disintegration of the town. According to this special fear, these novelists describe the town in a dynamic way through specific points of view, such as the lane, or district, the dwellings, or the moving cab, which represents a new kind of heterotopia inside the town.
ISSN:2427-920X
DOI:10.4000/itineraires.3254