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ISBN 0-9753054-0-9 Trade paperback - 340 pages - distributed by: New Leaf and Partners/West Book Distributing, Inc and the American University Cairo Book Store.

I Am Happier to Know You is a portrait of Egyptian Daily Life, The People in Egypt, Their Faith and Culture, Viewed through the Heart of a Western woman.

I Am Happier to
Know You
by
Jeanne M. Eck

In October 2000, I visited Egypt as a tourist. As soon as my feet touched her ancient soil, I knew I had come home. I fell in love with not only the people in Egypt, but the ebb and flow of Egyptian daily life.

Four months later, I packed up my life in the United States and moved to Cairo. I didn't know the language or the rules a single midlife woman would be expected to live by in a predominately Muslim country. I went anyway. Each day I embraced the opportunity to observe the melding of Egyptian daily life with her magnificent history and modern culture.

I had promised family and friends, many of whom were horror-struck by my decision to relocate to Egypt for an undetermined amount of time, that I would stay in touch. It was too time consuming to write individual letters, so I wrote one.

From the responses I received, I knew that when I shared my observations about the culture and the people in Egypt from my heart, I touched the hearts of others. My experiences, the lives of the people in Egypt I met, my laughter, my pain, and how I chose to deal with it evolved into I am Happier to Know You.

Jeanne M. Eck
Cairo, Egypt

©2007 Jeanne M. Eck

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