Reviews:
‘A Field Guide to the Street Names of Central Cairo’ by Humphrey Davies and Lesley Lababidi (2018)] will undoubtedly continue to be topical for many years to come, being at once a valuable guide and historical document.” Egyptian Streets
Egypt Today : On Cairo’s Street Names, November 8, 2018
-The well-known and revered book reviewer, Lisa Kaaki, writes in her column for the Arab News : “What’s in a street name? A Cairo guidebook explains”
-TV Interview by Humphrey Davies: 40-minute interview on the Culture Channel’s Haddouta Masriya (Egyptian Tale) TV program, broadcast September 23, 2018 in Arabic.
-“The Story Behind the Book” for AUC Press
AUC Press October newsletter https://conta.cc/2E1ZgHN
Magnificent spots you shouldn’t miss at this year’s Cairo International Book Fair https://ww.egyptindependent.com/magnificent-spots-you-shouldnt-miss-at-this-years-cairo-international-book-fair/
H-Islamart https://networks.h-net.org/node/2605199/pdf
-https://files.constantcontact.com/d20c7f21401/aeaf5eeb-ecb9-48ec-a52a-40f571ec17ae.pdf
–A Field Guide to the Street Names of Central Cairo also featured as the book of the month in the September e-Newsletter (about 9000 subscribers) https://conta.cc/2PI4Ksu
-Social media posts for A Field Guide for Street Names of Central Cairo
8.) Mantiqti Arabic Newspaper promotional interview.
– Ahram On-Line: http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/18/311409/Books/New-Release-A-Field-Guide-to-the-Street-Names-of-C.aspx-
-Heba Fahey’s Facebook post (share)
Borders Book Reviews(share)
Book review – September 29
“A stunning achievement”
September 15, 2018
AUC Press (original content)
“A street named…”
August 27
Égyptophile-actualités (share)
“A richly intriguing map of Cairo’s enthralling history through its street names”
August 9
AUC Press (original content)
“It’s now out and it’s hot”!
July 29
AUC Press (original content)
Lesley Lababidi on July 21 at the Ak-Baital Pass on the Pamir Highway (the old Soviet road known as M41), in Tajikistan, as she makes her way to Beijing, China.
Lababidi is the co-author of the newly released “A Field Guide to the Street Names of Central Cairo” (AUC Press).
July 29
[BBC: (share)]
“Driving one of the world’s most remote highways” / The Silk Road
July 11
AUC Press (original content)
What’s the story behind the name?
You will find out this summer in “A Field Guide to the Street Names of Central Cairo” by Humphrey Davies and Lesley Lababidi (AUC Press, forthcoming)
April 19
Borders Book Reviews(retweet/share)
October 14
https://twitter.com/AUCPress/status/1051399295910469633
Arab News (retweet/share)
September 26
https://twitter.com/AUCPress/status/1044869100365860866
Ahram Online Books (retweet/share)
September 15
https://twitter.com/AUCPress/status/1041015750893416449
AUC Press (original content)
August 27
https://twitter.com/AUCPress/status/1034023225439739904
AUC Press (original content)
July 29
https://twitter.com/AUCPress/status/1023522006002814976
(and then sent out a second tweet with correct link to the book)
BBC (retweet/shared)
The Pamir Highway / Silk Road
July 11
https://twitter.com/AUCPress/status/1016970810236571648
Library of Arabic Literature (retweeted/shared)
July 3
https://twitter.com/AUCPress/status/1014048740632653824
AUC Press (original content)
April 19
https://twitter.com/AUCPress/status/986904132811476992
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