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Shepherd's Hotel

Anna resides in this building with her maid, Emily.

Mu'allaqah

Anna and Amal both visit this famous building one hundred years apart from each other.

Hilmiyya

Sharif once lived in this fashionable district in Cairo.

Tawasi

This is the ancestral homeland of the Ghamrawis family.

The Khedive

This is the term for Egypt's dynastic ruler.

Denshwai

British pigeon-hunters once provoked a riot in this Egyptian village.

Teatro Costanzi

This is a building in Rome where Sharif first sees Anna.

St. Catherine's Monastery

This ancient Greek Orthodox institution is built at the foot of Mt. Sinai.

Atelier 'am Ghazzali

This building is a meeting place in Cairo where intellectuals debate the future of Egypt and the Middle East.

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