Coffee-table books on a travertine table with an olive branch

Places worth keeping.

Large books on the coasts, deserts and cities we love, and the objects to live beside them.

Browse the books

On the table this month

Ode to a Camel

From EGP 9,200.00

Symbols of Islam

EGP 5,600.00~~EGP 7,000.00~~

Beirut Habibi

From EGP 4,950.00

Abu Dhabi Before 1971

EGP 52,000.00

El Gouna: Red Sea Riviera

EGP 5,600.00

Cairo Eternal

EGP 4,950.00

Ode to a Camel, textured cover

From the shop

Books as objects.

We choose books you will leave open: cloth covers, heavy paper, photographs worth a second look.

Collections

Three ways into the shop

The Gulf before oil

The Gulf before oil

Archives and first photographs.

Under the Red Sea

Under the Red Sea

Reefs, coasts and islands.

The library

The library

Stands, trays and scents.

Reed diffuser on cinnamon bark

The smell of a good library

Leather, cedar and old paper, in a reed diffuser.

Shop the library

New on the shelf

Leather valet tray

EGP 16,800.00

Leather photo frame

EGP 16,800.00

Library reed diffuser

EGP 10,500.00

Kingdom of Light candle

EGP 5,600.00

Marrakech tote

EGP 3,100.00

Canvas book tote

EGP 1,450.00

Leather notebook in a pouch

EGP 3,100.00

Linen notebook

EGP 2,650.00

Readers

Left open on the table

A beautiful object. It lives open on my coffee table.

AymanZamalek

The texture of the camel cover alone is worth it.

WaleedSheikh Zayed

The cloth cover and heavy paper make it a perfect gift.

SamehGarden City