Shelf Life : : Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller

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Call Number: 381.45 Wa
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	381.45 Wa	4-week checkout	On Shelf

The Café -- Egypt Essentials -- Cookery -- Business and Management -- Pregnancy and Parenting -- The Classics -- Art and Design -- Self-Help -- Epilogue.
"The warm and winning story of starting a bookstore where there were none, Shelf Life recounts Nadia Wassef's troubles and triumphs as founder and manager of Cairo-based Diwan"-- Provided by publisher.
Cairo, 2002. with her sister, Hind, and their friend, Nihal, Wassef founded Diwan, a fiercely independent bookstore. They were three young women with no business degrees, no formal training, and nothing to lose. At the time, culture was languishing under government mismanagement, and books were considered a luxury, not a necessity. Ten years later, Diwan had become a rousing success, with ten locations, 150 employees, and a fervent fan base. Here she tells the story of this journey, her impassioned regulars, and the many people, who said Diwan would never work. -- adapted from jacket

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