Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Editors’ Introduction: Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff— A Cosmopolitan Levantine xi
5. 1. Childhood in Egypt 1
6. 2. Passover in Egypt 14
7. 3. Such Is Rachel 20
8. 4. Journey to a Better Land 32
9. 5. A Line in the Sand 38
10. 6. Ma‘adi 54
11. 7. Alexandria 74
12. 8. Cairo Wedding 89
13. 9. Europe from Afar 100
14. 10. A Culture Stillborn 114
15. 11. To Live and Die a Copt 128
16. 12. Wake of the Waves 136
17. 13. Reunion in Beersheba 153
18. 14. A Letter from Mama Camouna 164
19. 15. Rebel, My Brother 177
20. 16. Israel: Ambivalent Levantine 193
21. 17. To Remember Alexandria 213
22. 18. My Brother Ishmael: On the Visit of Anwar Sadat 232
23. 19. Welcome, Sadat 239
24. Afterword: From East the Sun 243
25. Glossary 261
26. Index 263