Ahmed Abdel Fattah runs a secondhand bookstall in Soor El Azbakeya, but he will not attend the Cairo International Book Fair this year. Courtesy Hamada Elrasam
Ahmed Abdel Fattah runs a secondhand bookstall in Soor El Azbakeya, but he will not attend the Cairo International Book Fair this year. Courtesy Hamada Elrasam

Editorial

In praise of the mystique of the secondhand bookstore

We should support booksellers who offer us an escape from the drumbeat of urban life

National Editorial

January 31, 2019