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The Diwan bookstore, Cairo

An interview with Nadia Wassef, the co-founder of the store and cultural space in Cairo, Egypt.

Also on the programme: author WG Sebald talks about his novel Austerlitz and the surprisingly ancient history of the word ‘cool’.

Presented by Harriett Gilbert.

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24 minutes

Â鶹Éç World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project