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"Rodenbeck is able to trace themes in the city's history which have remained staggeringly persistent: from bureaucracy to an obsession with death, from rigid hierarchy to garbage in the streets. He has a wonderful flair for the detail or anecdote which can serve to illuminate these continuities, so much so that his book sometimes seems as kaleidoscopic as 'The Arabian Nights'."Rodenbeck, Max is the author of 'Cairo The City Victorious', published 2000 under ISBN 9780679767275 and ISBN 0679767274.
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