Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff

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Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff

by Rosemary Mahoney
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (2007-07-11)
ISBN: 031610745X
EAN: 9780316107457
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 288 pages
Edition: 1
SKU: 5774434
Condition: New
Comments: **A WONDERFUL HARDBACK BOOK!** AS PICTURED. EARLY PRINT. HARDBACK BOOK, DUST JACKET AND PAGES ARE IN FINE CONDITION. SHIPS RAPIDLY. GREAT PACKAGING. PRIORITY AIR MAIL.

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Rosemary Mahoney was determined to take a solo trip down the Egyptian Nile in a small boat, even though civil unrest and vexing local traditions conspired to create obstacles every step of the way. Starting off in the south, she gained the unlikely sympathy and respect of a Muslim sailor, who provided her with both a seven-foot skiff and a window into the culturally and materially impoverished lives of rural Egyptians. Egyptian women don't row on the Nile, and tourists aren't allowed to for safety's sake. Mahoney endures extreme heat during the day, and a terror of crocodiles while alone in her boat at night. Whether she's confronting deeply held beliefs about non-Muslim women, finding connections to past chroniclers of the Nile, or coming to the dramaticm realization that fear can engender unwarranted violence, Rosemary Mahoney's informed curiosity about the world, her glorious prose, and her wit never fail to captivate.

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