TY - BOOK AU - Colet,Louise AU - Khaṭṭābī,ʻIzz al-Dīn TI - بلاد الشمس الساطعه: رحلة الى الشرق SN - 9789948016892 AV - DT54 .C65 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Abu Dhabi PB - ADACH, National Library N1 - Title translated into English: Sunshine countries, travel to east N2 - The book documents her visit to Egypt to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Suez Canal in 1869.The book tells how scientists, writers and artists from all over the world flocked to Egypt to attend this inauguration ceremony. Khedive Ismail invited the elite intellectual and political figures of Europe, particularly from France, to this dazzling event. The writer beautifully conveyed her feelings towards the nature in the Orient. She also drew marvelous literary pictures of the nature of Egypt during her exciting journeys in Alexandria, Cairo and Upper Egypt ER -