A single ticket to Cairo

The novel "A Single Ticket to Cairo" by the author Ashraf Al Ashmawy is an exciting epic journey (published by the Egyptian Lebanese House) documenting through a smooth narration the social history of Egypt from the forties to the seventies, following the life of "Ajeeba" the Nubian displaced, who faces conflicts beyond his abilities and transforms from marginal life to contradictory stations between Cairo, Alexandria, and Switzerland.