Minarets have defined Cairo’s skyline since its early history: they are one of the most characteristic features of Islamic architecture. In Egypt, where civilizations have manifested themselves
In 1897, Rabbi Solomon Schechter of Cambridge University stepped into the attic of a synagogue in Cairo, Egypt, and there found the largest treasure trove of medieval and early manuscripts ever discov
As assistant curator in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Samie was charged with documenting the unpublished material held by the museum, in particular the uncatalogued hieratic ostraca spread through all
This work is one of the first studies presenting a comprehensive linguistic investigation into non-literary Judaeo-Arabic. Its main focus is the diachronic description of letters from the Cairo Geniza
This groundbreaking study examines complex notions of paternity and fatherhood in modern France through the lens of contested paternity. Drawing from archival judicial records on paternity suits, pate
Part of a long series of publications of The Cairo Museum, this volume offers an overview of the clay coffin type of ancient Egyptian tombs, cataloguing examples from the New Kingdom into the 4th cent
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th IAPR TC3 Workshop, ANNPR 2010, held in Cairo, Eqypt, in April 2010.The 23 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected f
In the autumn of 2005, a group of young male Sudanese refugees organized a protest against the policies of the UNHCR in Cairo. Using the protest as a vehicle for exploring the difficulties encountered
The history of Cairo is usually presented in terms of periods and dynasties such as the Fatimid or Ayyubid. The modern history of Egypt is generally held to begin in the last decades of the nineteenth
As they spoke to a group of students at the American University in Cairo, the 13 refugees went beyond the conventional image of them as victims, discussing such matters as the government, non-state ac
The Arab-Islamic city has been always a glamorous urban dream in human cultural memory. This is manifested in Cairo, the world's largest medieval urban system where traditional lifestyles are still im
The Creswell photographic archive at the American University in Cairo is an invaluable resource of over 12,000 printed images of Islamic architecture, mainly in Cairo, but also including buildings in
"Demonstrating the contested and differentiated nature of childhood and youth embodiment, this book responds to political and media discourses that stigmatize unruly youthful bodies, by combining the
Drawing on social science perspectives, Contested Categories presents a series of empirical studies that engage with the often shifting and day-to-day realities of life sciences categories. In doing s
Landscape is never static, but changes continuously when seen in relation to human occupation, movement, labor, and discourse. Contested Territory explores the ways in which Peru's early colonial la
The caliph Al-Mu'izz li Din Allah, founder of Cairo, transformed the emergent Fatimid state from a regional power of limited influence to an impressive Mediterranean empire whose authority extended f
The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Contested Histories provides non-specialist readers with an introduction and historical overview of the issues that have characterized and defined 130 years of the still
The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Contested Histories provides non-specialist readers with an introduction and historical overview of the issues that have characterized and defined 130 years of the still
Contested Objects breaks new ground in the interdisciplinary study of material culture. Its focus is on the rich and varied legacy of objects from the First World War as the global conflict that defin
Long out of print and much sought after by collectors, Lansden’s classic 1910 history of Cairo remains valuable for the early history of the city. Its reprinting here, with a new Foreword b
Contested Histories in Public Space brings multiple perspectives to bear on historical narratives presented to the public in museums, monuments, texts, and festivals around the world, from Paris to Ka
Contested Histories in Public Space brings multiple perspectives to bear on historical narratives presented to the public in museums, monuments, texts, and festivals around the world, from Paris to Ka
Korany (international relations and political economy, American U. in Cairo, Egypt) and Dessouki (political science, Cairo U., Egypt) present 14 chapters analyzing the foreign policies of Arab states,
An Egyptian-Jewish Under the Tuscan Sun, Dream Homes chronicles Joyce Zonana’s quest to find a sense of home among people, foods, and places as far from her native Cairo as Oklahoma and Katrina-strick
The Contested Boundaries of Public and Population Health will be a valuable text not only in schools of public health but also in those of economics, political science, medicine, history, sociology an
This groundbreaking study examines complex notions of paternity and fatherhood in modern France through the lens of contested paternity. Drawing from archival judicial records on paternity suits, pat
This book argues that the historic city we know as Medieval Cairo was created in the nineteenth century by both Egyptians and Europeans against a background of four overlapping political and cultural
Culturally Contested Literacies is a vivid ethnographic account of the everyday cross-cultural living and schooling experiences of six culturally-diverse families in urban America. Documenting the way
Lev (public health, U. of Haifa) and Amar (archaeology, Bar Ilan U.) have searched through discarded books deposited in a synagogue in Cairo from about the 10th to the 19th centuries to find reference
Culturally Contested Literacies is a vivid ethnographic account of the everyday cross-cultural living and schooling experiences of six culturally-diverse families in urban America. Documenting the way
Contested Representations examines the controversy surrounding the Into the Heart of Africa exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto in 1989-90. The exhibition was meant to travel to th
With essays on U.S. history ranging from the American Revolution to the dawn of the twenty-first century, Contested Democracy illuminates struggles waged over freedom and citizenship throughout the Am
In vivid and graceful prose, Lucette Lagnado re-creates the majesty and cosmopolitan glamour of Cairo in the years between World War II and Gamal Abdel Nasser's rise to power. Her father, Leon, was a
Coptic art is often thought of as solely Christian. As this guide to the Coptic museum in Cairo explains, it is really that made by native Egyptians in the centuries after the pharaohs, pagan and Chri
Having studied consumerism in Singapore and Kuala Lampur, Abaza (sociology, American U., Cairo) returned to Cairo to find similar developments there. She began making observations in malls and intervi
Egypt’s belle epoque was a period of incredible extravagance during which the Khedive Ismail’s Cairo became the mirror image, both architecturally and socially, of decadent Paris. The glamour and hedo
In 1549 a Venetian print maker, Matteo Pagano, published a large engraving of an aerial view of the city of Cairo; it was accompanied by a Latin text ("Descriptio Alchiriae") written by the orientalis
During the four years of the Civil War, the border between eastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia was highly contested territory, alternately occupied by both the Confederacy and the Union. Though
The Mystery of the Ancient Pyramid (Cairo, Egypt) received the 2013 Preferred Choice Award from Creative Child Magazine! Mimi, Papa, Grant, and Christina fly over the sunny sands of the desert and lan
During the controversial 2004 elections that led to the "Orange Revolution" in Ukraine, cultural and linguistic differences threatened to break apart the country. Contested Tongues explains the comple
