Middle East Studies New and Forthcoming Books 2019 For Authors We welcome proposals for scholarly monographs and general books concerning the Middle East and North Africa regions on a broad variety of topics including, but not limited to, Egyptology, eastern Mediterranean archaeology, art history, medieval and modern history, ethnography, environmental studies, migration, urban studies, gender, art and architectural history, religion, politics, political economy, and Arabic language learning. Nadia Naqib Senior Commissioning Editor (Cairo)
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[email protected] Egyptology Archaeology of the eastern Mediterranean Ancient history 2 ANTHROPOLOGY & SOCIOLOGY ANTHROPOLOGY & SOCIOLOGY Gypsies in Contemporary Egypt Manhood Is Not Easy On the Peripheries of Society Egyptian Masculinities through the Life of Musician Sayyid Henkish Alexandra Parrs Karin van Nieuwkerk Little is known about Egypt’s Gypsies, called In this in-depth ethnography, Karin van Nieu- Dom by scholars, but variously referred to wkerk takes the autobiographical narrative of by Egyptians as Ghagar, Nawar, Halebi, or Sayyid Henkish, a musician from a long family Hanagra. In this book, sociologist Alexan- tradition of wedding performers in Cairo, as a dra Parrs draws on two years of fieldwork to lens through which to explore changing notions explore how Dom identities are constructed, of masculinity in an Egyptian community over negotiated, and contested in the Egyptian the course of a lifetime. Situating his account national context.