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Free Download Cats of Cairo: Egypt's Enduring Legacy By Lorraine Chittock, Annemarie Schimmel
2001 | 94 Pages | ISBN: 0789207079 | PDF | 31 MB
Goddess or Cat? Is your feline friend not telling you something? Does your cat REALLY have royal ancestry? Discover your cats Egyptian heritage in Cats of Cairo-Egypt's Enduring Legacy.Man's special and timeless bond with the cat is a constant in the ever-changing city of Cairo. A picture book for cat fanatics, fans of Egypt, and those with an interest in folklore, these are cats and Cairo as they've never been seen before. The photographs encompass Cairo in the present day using the street cat as the focus. Complemented by apposite literary passages from the folklore, religion and poetry of Egypt and the Arab world, the pictures give us an insight into an animal that has inspired fascinating tales from 5000 years ago to the present. With an opening historical essay by Annemarie Schimmel, here is a book that can educate as well as entertain by using the charismatic cat as the central theme.
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