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Thursday, February 15, 2018

A Nightmare in Cairo

The Arabian NightmareThe Arabian Nightmare by Robert Irwin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Set in the era of 1406, Cairo Egypt, it is an intriguing time to be in the Middle East. European powers are watching events closely much like they do today and they are sending spies and emissaries to gather information. You also have your share of traveling merchants and religious pilgrims. Balian, from England is one such individual. Under the guise of being a pilgrim, he goes to Cairo in hope of taking a pilgrimage to Saint Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai desert. Gathering information and making travel plans in the Middle East has always been a challenge and it is no different in 1406. Between having to get a visa from the dawadar and getting struck by the Arabian nightmare our Balian finds it hard to move about and out of Cairo.
The Arabian Nightmare is a devastating illness of whose exact nature is not known. At night the person suffers from horrifying nightmare and the individual wakes up covered in blood, from a bloody nose of course. Eventually in a daze Balian leaves his caravanserai and wanders aimlessly in the streets of Cairo being unable to determine if he is awake or dreaming. In his dreams he is visited by Suleyka, a courtesan of sorts. He also meets Yoll the story teller and is pursued either in his sleep or in reality by The Father of Cats and his assistant Vane.
In the backdrop of al this is tons of political intrigue. The Ottomans and the Mamelukes are questing against each other for dominion in the Middle East. Foreign merchants are arrested and thrown in prison based on charges sometimes evolved from hear say. No one wants the Arabian Nightmare to spread so soon begins a hunt for Balian.

The Father of Cats owns a school for sleep and he is in cahoots with a Christians to bring about Armageddon. Over all good story and the writing was entertaining. I read the book easily in three days as much as it was loaded with intrigue it also had mentions of Arab philosophers and several jinn characters. There is a talking ape who appears in more than one section of the book and sometimes it is hard to tell if there were more apes.

The story was hard to follow at times as the author gets the reader lost in an endless description or a side story. I had to reread several passages. When Balian is traversing through Cairo it is hard to tell if he is dreaming or awake. I like to know what is what when I read my books. If you like Middle Eastern stories than this one is for you in typical fashion


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