The novelist's camera pans from the dome of King Fuad University (now Cairo University) to students streaming out of the campus, focusing on four students in their twenties, each representing a differ
The completion of Khan al-Khalili in 1945 marked a turning point in Naguib Mahfouz's career. Departing from the traditional themes drawn from Egyptian antiquity that characterize the author's earlier
In a court presided by Osiris, each of Egypt's rulers must stand trial in front of the Immortals and argue his case for eternal life based on his legacy.
After a failed study mission in France, Abd al-Rahman returns home to Iraq to launch an existentialist movement akin to that of his hero. Convinced that it falls upon him to introduce his country's in
Egypt, the birthplace of communal monasticism, has a rich store of monasteries and monastic art.Coptic Monasteries takes the reader on a tour of the best preserved and most significant of these ancien
Cairo, January 1952. Egypt is at a critical point in its modern history, struggling to throw off the yoke of the seventy-year British occupation and its corrupt royalist allies. Hamza is a committed y
Mysterious pioneer Egyptologist Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-79) produced this collection of photographs and color drawings of ancient Egyptian art, much of it lost in the following years, and publish
Thompson has edited Lane's books, and written histories and other biographies centering on Egypt and Egyptology. Here he combines archival material recently available with sources used by earlier writ
A serious comic novel from the award-winning author of The Lodging House.Tucked away in a rundown quarter, just out of sight of fashionable downtown Cairo, a group of intellectuals gathers regularly t
One long winter night and the Cairo neighborhood of Kit Kat stands at a crossroads. Poised like herons fishing on the banks of the Nile, the characters of this novel wait and watch as opportunities sw
London-based photographer Haag continues his depiction of Egyptian sites with a volume on the ancient city and temple complex in Upper Egypt. Among the places and structures shown are the Avenue of Sp
A new series of handy pocket guides for explorers of Egypt’s rich past and exciting present, packed with information and brilliantly illustrated with color photographs, maps, plans, and 3-D drawings—a
In these two short novels, Bahaa Abdel Meguid displays the impressive range of his narrative imagination. Set in the lower-class Cairo district of Shubra, Saint Theresa tells the story of two young wo
This collection of writings is Part One of a two-volume set offering a literary topography of the sociocultural, political, and urban history of the city and its representation in new modes of literar
A novel of loss and memory from the Egyptian Nobel laureate.On a school playground in the stylish Cairo suburb of Abbasiya, five young boys become friends for life, making a nearby cafi??, Qushtumur,
True to its subtitle, this is a volume of images, presenting a chronological survey of outstanding works of art from ancient Egypt in color plates of the best quality. Each plate is accompanied by a b
