"The Angel of Khan El-Khalili" by P. Djèlí Clark

LeVar Burton Reads

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Arts, Performing Arts

4.9 • 17K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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A girl visits a bazaar in Cairo, seeking a favor from a mysterious angelic being. This story first appeared in the anthology Clockwork Cairo: Steampunk Tales of Egypt. For more from the author, visit pdjeliclark.com. Content advisory: Fire, hospitalization

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Lovar Burton and this is Lovar Burton Reads.
0:09.2	In every episode I handpicked a different piece of short fiction and I read it to you.
0:16.1	The only thing these stories have in common is that I love them and I hope you will too.
0:23.7	Well, I gotta tell ya'll, I still haven't ventured too far from my house so far this
0:29.8	summer so I've been doing most of my traveling and my reading and today I'm gonna take you
0:35.4	with me to an alternate universe Cairo to a bustling bizarre in the early 20th century.
0:43.3	The story is the Angel of Con El Calili and it's written by the author P. Jelly Clark.
0:50.5	It was published in the anthology clockwork Cairo, steampunk tales of Egypt, edited by Matthew
0:56.6	Bright in 2017 and it was reprinted by Tor.com in April of 2021.
1:03.9	Mr. Clark is the Hugo Nebula and Sturgeon nominated author of the novella's Ring Shout,
1:10.2	the haunting of Tramcar 051 and the short story A Dead Gin in Cairo just to name a few
1:17.8	of his works.
1:19.8	This story is steeped in magic and angels and steampunk elements and it maps different
1:28.2	cultural and chronological elements over each other in a really fascinating way.
1:33.6	But ultimately, the story is about a girl seeking a miracle.
1:39.7	Please check out the content advisory if you are so inclined and if you're ready, let's
1:46.5	take a deep breath.
1:53.5	And begin.
2:04.3	The Angel of Con El Calili by P. Jelly Clark.
2:19.4	If you want to find the Angel of Con El Calili, you have to make your way to the market
2:26.9	at night.
2:36.9	The Angel of Con El Calili by P. Jelly Clark.
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