Description
In this book, there are the cabarets of Cairo, the studios, the villas, the casinos, the couples, the lovers, the alcohol, the opiates, the money, the suicides, the pistols, the scandals, and the luxurious hotels. It contains singing, music, voices, cheers, success, and glory. It has boldness, genius, adventure, and tragedy. It includes poets and princes, dancers, bankers, officers, imams, sheikhs, actresses, khawajas, musicians, enchantresses, night owls, rebels, sultans, pashas, beys, spies, geniuses, kings of Egypt and their courtiers. Prominent journalists, famous composers, owners of cabarets, high-profile veiled women, and oud players. , , It includes the peasant girl from the Nile Delta and the Druze princess, the son of the muezzin and the lone singer, the Jewish star and the heroic colonel. It features Asmahan, Um Kulthum, Abdel Wahab, Farid Al-Atrash, Samia Gamal, Leila Murad, Nour Al-Hoda, Sabah, and Fairuz... the stars of the East. It embodies elegance, charm, a unique touch, and style. It encompasses love, passion, hatred, and revenge. It includes wine glasses and cigarettes, playing cards, gambling tables, jewelry, and flags. , , It depicts cinemas in Beirut, palaces in Damascus, the docks of Alexandria, streets of Jerusalem, and the courts of Baghdad. It involves radio, records, microphones, cameras, film introductions, lights, theater curtains, orchestras, concerts, and audiences. It contains tarab and ecstasy. It carries the voice of the Arabs, and it features legendary hotels like "Saint George," "King David," "Orient Palace," and "Mena House." It encompasses the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Palestine War, the nationalization of the Suez Canal, and the setback of 1967. In this book, a complete century of our Arab East's history is unveiled.
