The long life of Cairo is full of life and details, in which the author documented Cairo's nights, its amusement parks, its clubs, its cafés, its hotels, its acting life, its singing life, its social life, its customs, its weddings, its holidays, its cute people, its beggars, its revolutions, its parliamentary life, ancient and modern.
The author was keen to delve into the depths without caring about anything except the historical truth... stressing, "I will not claim after that that you have mastered the entire life of Cairo, for this is not possible for one writer, and whoever crowds the sea will drown."