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Discoveries: Alexandria: Jewel of Egypt (Discoveries)
by Jean Yves Empereur  Synopsis Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed...
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Islam Without Fear: Egypt and the New Islamists
by Raymond Willi Baker Publisher Comments For the last several decades an influential group of Egyptian scholars and public intellectuals has been having a profound effect in the Islamic world. Raymond Baker offers a compelling portrait of these New Islamists--Islamic scholars, lawyers, judges...
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Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt
by Nina Burleigh Publisher Comments Little more than two hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared traverse the unmapped territory of the modern-day Middle East. Its history and peoples were the subject of much myth and speculation—and no region...
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Liberalism Without Democracy: Nationhood and Citizenship in Egypt, 1922-1936 (Politics, History, and Culture)
by Abdeslam Maghraoui Publisher Comments The history of Western intervention in the Middle East stretches from the late eighteenth century to the present day. All too often, the Western rationale for invading and occupying a country to liberate its people has produced new forms of domination...
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Napoleon's Egypt (07 Edition)
by Cole Publisher Comments In this vivid and timely history, Juan Cole tells the story of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Revealing the young general's reasons for leading the expedition against Egypt in 1798 and showcasing his fascinating views of the Orient...
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Markets of Dispossession
by Julia Elyachar Publisher Comments What happens when the market tries to help the poor? In many parts of the world today, neoliberal development programs are offering ordinary people the tools of free enterprise as the means to well-being and empowerment. Schemes to transform the poor...
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Infertility and Patriarchy
by Marcia Clair Inhorn Synopsis The social consequences of infertility place poor urban women in Egypt at the center of a web of tumultuous relationships with spouses, in-laws, and neighbors. Although Egyptian patriarchy is based on the central role played by men in reproduction, women...
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Mamluk economics :a study and translation of al-Maqråizåi's Ighåathah
by Ahmad Ibn A Maqrizi Book News Annotation Maqrizi (d. 1442 AD) blames the monetary policy of the ruling Circassian Mamlucks for the contemporary impoverishment of Egypt. He sets out a proposal for reform, and buttresses it with examinations of the causes of the problems, the population, and...
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Tomorrow, God Willing: Self-Made Destinies in Cairo
by Unni Wikan Publisher Comments "I, without earning a penny, have to be the provider!" Thus Umm Ali sums up the nearly impossible challenge of her daily existence. Living in a poor neighborhood of Cairo, she has raised eight children with almost no help from her husband or the Egyptian...
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Egypt: Moulids, Saints, Sufis
by Nicolaas Biegman Book News Annotation Biegman, until recently ambassador of the Netherlands in Egypt, frequented the moulids (religious fairs) in Cairo over a number of years, talking to their denizens: the sellers of sweets and tea, magicians and singers, and especially the sufis, who...
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Muslim extremism in Egypt :the prophet and pharaoh
by Gilles Kepel Synopsis Gilles Kepel takes us into the world of the students, professionals, workers, and unemployed who are caught up in the Islamic movements of Egypt. Events that have riveted world attention--the first World Trade Center bombing, assassinations in Beirut...
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Out of Egypt: A Memoir
by Andre Aciman Synopsis Aciman has written a touching and affectionate portrait detailing the lives of his flamboyant Jewish family, from its bold arrival in Alexandria to its defeated exodus three generations later. In elegant and witty prose, Aciman introduces us to the...
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Remaking the Modern: Space, Relocation, & the Politics of Id
by Farha Ghannam Synopsis An ethnography of a housing project in Cairo, which demonstrates how the modernizing efforts of the Egyptian government runs headlong into the traditional customs of the area's low-income residents. Brings new meaning to the phrase "global and local."...
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Upper Nile Province Handbook: A Report of Peoples & Government in the Southern Sudan, 1931
by C A Willis Publisher Comments This account of one of the Sudan's remotest provinces, at the end of 1930, provides the historical context for the early classics of British social anthropology. It contains descriptions of local life by some of the first British officials to become...
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Passage to Egypt: The Life of Lucie Duff Gordon
by Katherine Frank Book News Annotation Gordon was a member of Victorian London's literary circle including Dickens, Thackery, and Tennyson when she was forced by ill health to travel to the dry climate of Egypt. There she embraced the culture and people of Egypt and used her experiences to...
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Egypt: An Illustrated History (Illustrated Histories)
by Fred James Hill Synopsis Egypt is often referred to as the "Gift of the Nile" because of the river that nourishes the desert and sustains one of the most ancient, continuous civilizations in the world. This volume succinctly recounts the entire history of Egypt -- five millennia...
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The Sinai: A Physical Geography
by Ned Greenwood Publisher Comments One of the world's oldest crossroads, the Sinai joins the great continental land masses of Africa and Eurasia. Its physical geography of rugged mountain peaks, desert plains, and sea coasts was formed by the collision of the two continental plates, while...
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Cairo
by Andre Raymond Publisher Comments Gaze toward the Nile from the desert hills of Mukattam, and the vast city of Cairo unfolds before you, with its monumental architecture, teeming populace, and thousands of years of rich history. The extraordinary tapestry of Cairo's past and present...
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Restoration & Conservation of Islamic Monuments in Egypt
by Jere L. Bacharach Publisher Comments The Cairo earthquake of October 1992 was the immediate background to an international conference of art historians, engineers, and architects, held in Cairo in June 1993 to discuss general and specific problems related to the preservation and...
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Making Big Money in 1600: The Life and Times of Isma'il Abu Taqiyya, Egyptian Merchant (Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms)
by Nelly Hanna
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