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Arabic Literature in Translation Archaeology and Ancient Architecture and the Arts History and Biography Language Studies

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Nobel Laureate Khan al-Khalili

Naguib Mahfouz Also by Naguib Mahfouz: A Modern Novel Modern Translated by Roger Allen Morning and Evening Talk A major early novel by the Egyptian Nobel Laureate The Complete Mahfouz Library: The time is 1942, the Second World War is at its The 25 Fiction Volumes of the height, and the Campaign is raging along the Nobel Laureate in English northern coast of Egypt as far as El Alamein. Against this backdrop of international upheaval, the novel tells the story of the Akifs, a middle-class family that has taken refuge in Cairo’s historic and bustling Khan al-Khalili neighborhood. Believing that the German forces will never bomb such a famously religious part of the city, they seek safety among the crowded alleyways, busy cafés, and ancient mosques of the Khan, adjacent to the area where Mahfouz himself spent much of his young life. Through the eyes of Ahmad, the eldest Akif son and the novel’s central character, Mahfouz presents a richly textured vision of the Khan, drawing on his own memories to assemble a lively cast of characters whose world is framed by the sights, smells, and flavors of his childhood home.

Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006) was born in the crowded Cairo district of Gamaliya. He wrote nearly 40 novel- length works, plus hundreds of short stories and numerous screenplays. He was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1988. Roger Allen is professor of Arabic language and literature at the University of Pennsylvania.

Original Arabic title: Khan al-Khalili 304pp. Hbd. September. 978-977-416-191-9. LE90 / $24.95. World.

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The Zafarani Files As Doha Said Gamal al-Ghitani A Modern Arabic Novel A Modern Arabic Novel Translated by Farouk Abdel Wahab Translated by Peter Daniel The intrigues of an old Cairo quarter, in a parable A tale of post-revolutionary disillusionment from about political and personal freedoms the winner of the first Arabic Booker Award An unknown observer is watching the residents of In Egypt a new era has dawned, but the dawn has a small, closely-knit neighborhood in Cairo’s old taken an ominous turn. President Gamal Abdel city, making notes. The college graduate, the street Nasser has just proclaimed the first in a series of vendors, the political prisoner, the café owner, the nationalization decrees, the stock exchange has taxi driver, the beautiful green-eyed young wife with shut down, and its parking attendant, Sayyid, is the troll of a husband—all are subjects of surveil- staring at penury. Across the street, the office of the lance. The watcher’s reports flow seamlessly into Ministry’s Supervisory Board of Administrative a narrative about Zafarani Alley, a village tucked Organization is engulfed in an eerie silence, and into a corner of the city, where intrigue is the main the narrator, one of the two remaining fulltime entertainment, and everyone has a secret. occupants of that nearly defunct government office, Suspicion, superstition, and a wicked humor has fallen desperately in love with the other, prevail in this darkly comedic novel. Drawing upon Doha—forceful, erudite, and, a complete enigma, the experience of his own childhood growing up with a spiritual bond to the Egyptian goddess Aset. in al-Hussein, where the fictional Zafarani Alley is In this sophisticated, richly textured novel the located, Gamal al-Ghitani has created a world author explores such themes as apathy and despair, richly populated with characters and situations that courage and self-sacrifice, ambition and temptation, possess authenticity behind their veils of satire. disillusionment and political faith, and, above all, commitment and betrayal. Gamal al-Ghitani, born in 1945, is the author of The Mahfouz Dialogs (AUC Press, 2007), Zayni Barakat (AUC Bahaa Taher is the author of Love in Exile (AUC Press, paper- Press, 2004), and Pyramid Texts (AUC Press, 2007). He is back edition 2005). In 2008 he was awarded the first editor-in-chief of the literary review Akhbar al-adab. International Prize for Arabic Fiction (the ‘Arabic Booker’). Farouk Abdel Wahab is the translator of Alaa Al Aswany’s Peter Daniel, a freelance translator, has taught Arabic as a Chicago (AUC Press, 2007). foreign language in Cairo for many years.

Original Arabic title: Waqa’i‘ Harat al-Za‘farani Original Arabic title: Qalat Duha 340pp. Hbd. 160pp. Hbd. November. 978-977-416-190-2. LE90 / $24.95. World. November. 978-977-416-209-1. LE80 / $22.95. World.

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Moon over Samarqand The Seven Veils of Seth Mohamed al-Mansi Qandil Ibrahim al-Koni A Modern Arabic Novel A Modern Arabic Novel Translated by Jennifer Peterson Translated by William M. Hutchins An unusual novel of idealism, power, From the award-winning author of Anubis and brutality in Uzbekistan and Egypt and Gold Dust A journey through Central Asia and beyond, Moon In the ancient Egyptian religion, Seth is the evil god over Samarqand is the story of one Egyptian’s quest who out of jealousy slays his brother Osiris, the good for the truth. Seeking explanations to his troubled god of agriculture, to seize the throne. Seth is, however, past through a long-lost friend in Samarqand, Ali’s also the god of the desert and therefore a benevolent travel brings him into encounters with the Uzbekistan champion of desert dwellers like the traditionally of today, yesterday, and once upon a time. His tale nomadic Tuareg. In The Seven Veils of Seth, al-Koni embraces many tales—those of his confounding draws on the tension between these two opposing taxi driver, of Islamic activists, and of the criminal visions of Seth to create a novel that also provides a underworld, as well as stories of struggles against vivid account of daily life in a Tuareg oasis. authoritarianism in Egypt. Woven among these are Isan—either Seth himself or a latter-day avatar— legendary tales of gypsies, khans, and madmen, of is a desert-wandering seer and proponent of desert magic, treasure, and love. life. When he settles for an extended stay in a fertile Drawing parallels between Uzbekistan and Egypt, oasis, the results are disastrous, and we encounter the novel shows diverse historical and modern con- infanticide, betrayal, metamorphosis, and murder. nections between Central Asia and the , Tuareg folklore, Egyptian mythology, Russian painting a vivid portrayal of idealistic visionaries and literature, and medieval European thought are all part brutal regimes. of this existential reflection on life in which the truth Moon over Samarqand received the 2006 Sawiris is elusive, a mirage pulsing at the horizon. Foundation Award for Literature. Ibrahim al-Koni was born in in 1948. His novel Anubis Mohamed al-Mansi Qandil was born in 1949 in the was published by the AUC Press in 2005, and Gold Dust in Egyptian Delta city of al-Mahalla al-Kubra. He lives in 2008. He was awarded the Sheikh Zayed Prize for Literature with his wife and son, where he writes for the in 2008. monthly magazine al-‘Arabi. William M. Hutchins is the principal translator of Naguib Jennifer Peterson is an independent researcher, writer, and Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy, and has most recently translated translator residing in Cairo. Fadhil al-Azzawi’s Cell Block Five (AUC Press, 2008).

Original Arabic title: Qamar ‘ala Samarqand Original Arabic title: al-Bahth ‘an al-makan al-da’i‘ 432pp. Hbd. 312pp. Hbd. December. 978-977-416-189-6. LE90 / $29.95. World. November. 978-977-416-222-0. LE90 / $24.95. Middle East.

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Gazelle Tracks Granada Miral al-Tahawy Radwa Ashour A Modern Arabic Novel A Modern Arabic Novel Translated by Anthony Calderbank Translated by William Granara From the author of The Tent and Blue Aubergine A powerful novel of cultural loss and the dissapear- ance of a vanquished population This short but cleverly crafted novel recounts the tale of Muhra, a young woman born of the descendants At the end of the fifteenth century, the keys to Granada, of the Bedouin tribes who settled in Egypt’s Nile Delta the last Muslim state in the Iberian Peninsula, have in the nineteenth century. been handed over to the Christian king and queen. Past mingles with present and myth and folklore Abu Jaafar the bookbinder watches Christopher blend with reality, as Muhra seeks to discover the truth Columbus and his entourage in a triumphant parade about her mother through the old family photographs of exotic plants, animals, and human captives from that adorn the walls of her grandfather’s house and other the Americas. But as Spain celebrates the acquisition documents hidden away in cupboards and drawers. of a new world, Muslims and Jews throughout the Muhra’s tale of self-discovery is set against the country are mourning the loss of an old one, and now dwindling fortunes of her own people as they struggle face confiscations, forced conversions, and expulsions. to preserve their identity and culture amid the larger As the new masters of Granada burn books, Abu Egyptian community that encroaches upon them. Jaafar quietly moves his rich library out of town. Unwilling to give up despite premonitions of doom, Muhra moves inexorably toward the bitter “The language is rich and evocative, and the characters truth about her mother’s poignant life. are engaging.” —Booklist

Miral al-Tahawy has been described by the Washington Post “This is a haunting tale about culture, history, and, as “the first novelist to present Egyptian Bedouin life beyond above all, human emotion that manages to condense stereotypes and to illustrate the crises of Bedouin women and the oppression of a people into the experiences of their urge to break free.” She is the author of The Tent (AUC one man. Recommended for all fiction collections.” Press, 2000) and Blue Aubergine (AUC Press, 2002). —Library Journal Anthony Calderbank has translated several works of modern Arabic fiction, most recently Yousef al-Mohaimeed’s Radwa Ashour has written seven novels, three collections Wolves of the Crescent Moon (AUC Press, 2007). of short stories, and four books of criticism. She is profes- sor of English literature at Ain Shams University, Cairo. William Granara is professor of Arabic at Harvard University.

Original Arabic title: Naqarat al-ziba’ Original Arabic title: Gharnata 104pp. Hbd. 128pp. Pbk. November. 978-977-416-227-5. LE75 / $18.95. Middle East. September. 978-977-416-230-5. LE60 / $17.95. Middle East.

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The Eye of the Mirror Arab Women Writers Liana Badr A Critical Reference Guide, 1873–1999 A Modern Arabic Novel Edited by Radwa Ashour, Ferial Translated by Samira Kawar J. Ghazoul, and Hasna Reda-Mekdashi The story of one woman in a brutal time of war Translated by Mandy McClure An invaluable new reference source and Taken from the quiet sanctuary of a convent school, critical review where she works as a maid, Aisha is thrown back into the chaotic world of her parents’ home in the This unique study—first published in Arabic in 2004— Tal Ezza’tar refugee camp when the Lebanese looks at the work of the early pioneers of Arab women’s civil war begins. From then on she is caught up in writing and then traces the development of Arab a series of tragedies, including the continuous women’s literature through the end of the twentieth bombardment of the camp by the Phalangists and century, and also includes a meticulously researched, the subsequent invasion and massacres within the comprehensive bibliography of writing by Arab women. settlement. Aisha’s family and friends are torn apart Nine essays examine the origin and evolution of by events beyond their control and although she women’s writing in each country in the region, address- finds love and marries, amid such violence the ing fiction, poetry, drama, and autobiographical writing. decision to start her own family becomes harder The second part of the volume contains biblio- still. Set within one of the most bloody conflicts graphical entries for over 1,200 Arab women of modern times, this powerful story shows how writers. Each entry contains a short biography and women’s experience of war is particularly cruel as a bibliography of the author’s published works. This they confront the dilemma of bringing a new life section also includes Arab women’s writing in into a war-zone. French and English, as well as a bibliography of Turning a simple love story into a complex portrayal works translated into English. of Palestinian history, Liana Badr has triumphantly retold a nation’s history for its women. Contributors: Emad Abu Ghazi, Radwa Ashour, Mohammed Berrada, Ferial J. Ghazoul, Subhi Hadidi, Liana Badr was born in Jerusalem and has lived in Haydar Ibrahim, Yumna al-‘Id, Su‘ad al-Mani‘, Iman , Damascus, Tunis, and Amman, before returning al-Qadi, Amina Rachid, Huda al-Sadda, Hatim al-Sakr. to Palestine in 1994. Samira Kawar is Middle East editor at Argus Media in Radwa Ashour is an Egyptian writer and scholar. London. Ferial J. Ghazoul is an Iraqi scholar, critic, and translator. Hasna Reda-Mekdashi is a Lebanese publisher.

Original Arabic title: ‘Ayn al-mir’ah Previously announced 266pp. Hbd. 512pp. Hbd. November. 978-977-416-229-9. LE80 / $22.95. Middle East. October. 978-977-416-146-9. LE200 / $49.50. World.

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In a Fertile Desert Heads Ripe for Plucking Modern Writing from the United Arab Emirates Mahmoud Al-Wardani Selected and translated by A Modern Arabic Novel Denys Johnson-Davies Translated by Hala Halim A new collection of short fiction from the Arabian Gulf An avant-garde tale of beheadings both literal and metaphorical Here, for the first time, is a volume of short stories from this commercially and culturally vital and vibrant An Arab tyrant once infamously declared, “I see heads center of the Arab world. that are ripe for plucking.” In Mahmoud Al-Wardani’s Life before oil in this region was harsh, and many novel of tyranny and oppression, an impaled head of the stories in this collection—by both men and seeks solace in narrating similar woes it sustained in women from all corners of the country—tell of those previous incarnations. Beheadings, both literal and times and the almost unbelievable changes that have metaphorical—torture, murder, decapitation, brain- come about in the space of two generations. Some washing, losing one’s head—are the subject of the tell of the struggles faced in the early days, while six stories that unfold. The narrative takes us from others bring the immediate past and the present the most archetypal beheading in Arabo-Islamic his- together, revealing that the past, with all its difficulties tory, that of al-Husayn, the grandson of the Prophet and dangers, nonetheless possesses a certain nostalgia. Muhammad, via a crime passionel, the torture of Communists in Nasser’s prisons, the meanderings of Contributors: Abdul Hamid Ahmed, Roda al-Baluchi, a Cairene teenager unwittingly caught in the bread Hareb al-Dhaheri, Nasser Al-Dhaheri, Maryam Jumaa riots of 1977, a body dismembered in the 1991 Gulf Faraj, Jumaa al-Fairuz, Nasser Jubran, Saleh Karama, War, and a bloodless beheading on the eve of the Lamees Faris al-Marzuqi, Mohamed al-Mazroui, new millennium, into a dystopic future where heads Ebtisam Abdullah Al-Mu’alla, Ibrahim Mubarak, are periodically severed to undergo maintenance Mohamed al-Murr, Sheikha al-Nakhy, Mariam Al and downloading of programs. Saedi, Omniyat Salem, Salma Matar Seif, Ali Abdul Aziz al-Sharhan, Muhsin Soleiman, ‘A’ishaa al-Za‘aby. Mahmoud Al-Wardani, born in Cairo in 1950, is a writer and cultural journalist. He is the author of six novels and Denys Johnson-Davies, described by Edward Said as “the three collections of short stories. leading Arabic–English translator of our time,” has produced Hala Halim teaches at New York University. Her translation more than thirty volumes of translation of modern Arabic of Mohamed El-Bisatie’s Clamor of the Lake (AUC Press, literature. He is the editor of The Essential Tawfiq al-Hakim 2004) won an Egyptian State Incentive Award. (AUC Press, 2008). He received the Sheikh Zayed Book Award in 2007 for Personality of the Year in the Field of Culture. Original Arabic title: Awan al-qitaf 112pp. Hbd. 160pp. Hbd. October. 978-977-416-218-3. LE75 / $17.95. World. October. 978-977-416-188-9. LE80 / $22.95. World.

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Tales from Dayrut A Naughty Boy Called Antar Mohamed Mustagab M.M. Tawfik Modern Arabic Stories A Modern Arabic Novel Translated by Humphrey Davies Translated by the Author The black humor of life in an Upper Egyptian village A darkly humorous and intricate crime novel from Egypt This collection of fourteen connected stories and a “When the first armchair smashed into the asphalt, novella takes us deep into Upper Egypt and the village Sergeant Ashmouni was at his usual spot on the of Dayrut al-Sharif, in which Mohamed Mustagab was median of the Nile Corniche, trapped by the road’s born. To depict a world renowned for its poverty, twin currents turbulently flowing forth to Maadi and ignorance, vendettas, and implacable code of honor, back to Old Cairo. He was wiping the sweat away Mustagab deploys the black humor and Swiftian from his eyes with his worn out sleeve—and in the sarcasm of the insider who knows his society only process adding a new stain to his white traffic-police too well. When the stillness of a day’s end is shattered uniform—when surprise from the thunderous impact by a single gunshot, poignant beauty merges seam- catapulted him into the fast lane of the side of the lessly into horror, and when a police officer seeking road closest to the Nile.” to unravel a murder finds himself with more body parts than he knows what to do with, violence tips as easily Thus opens this fast-paced city thriller laced with into farce. In counterpoint, the author’s often surre- dry humor that takes us inside Borg al-Saada— alist imagination explores the mysteries of a landscape ‘Tower of Happiness’—and inside the sordid lives where seductive women haunt dusty paths and a man and lavish lifestyles of its super-rich and famous may find himself crushed like a worm beneath denizens, including Kasib Bey, overweight, toupeed, another’s foot. Previously almost unknown in English, and decked in gold chains; newly insomniac Abd Mustagab’s voice is both original and disturbing. al-Tawab Mabruk Basha (Tutu Basha to his friends); and belly-dancer Lula Hamdi, who would be able to Mohamed Mustagab (1938–2006) received little formal see Timbuktu if she stood on top of a pile of all her education but published his first short story in 1968 and money. And of course there is Antar—the naughty wrote prolifically after that, receiving numerous prizes. boy—who roams the tower, enters apartments, and Humphrey Davies is the translator of Alaa Al Aswany’s The overhears conversations, unsettling and exposing Yacoubian Building (AUC Press, 2004) and Elias Khoury’s the decadent occupants and their relationships. Gate of the Sun, for which he was awarded the Prize for Literary Translation. M.M. Tawfik, born in Cairo in 1956, has pursued careers in engineering, diplomacy, and writing. Original Arabic title: Dayrut al-Sharif / Min al-tarikh al-sirri li-Nu‘man ‘Abd al-Hafiz Original Arabic title: Tifl shaqi ismuh ‘Antar 192pp. Hbd. 320pp. Hbd. September. 978-977-416-187-2. LE80 / $22.95. World. November. 978-977-416-196-4. LE90 / $24.95. World.

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The Lodging House The Loved Ones Khairy Shalaby Alia Mamdouh A Modern Arabic Novel A Modern Arabic Novel Translated by Farouk Abdel Wahab Translated by Marilyn Booth New paperback edition of the award-winning novel New paperback edition of the award-winning Iraqi novel A young man’s dreams for a better future as a student Suhaila lies in a coma in a Paris hospital. The loved in the Teachers’ Institute are shattered after he assaults ones of the title are the constellation of friends, pre- one of his instructors for discriminating against him. dominantly women, who flock to Suhaila’s side from From then on, he begins his descent into the under- all over the world to envelope her in the warmth of world. Penniless, he seeks refuge in Wikalat ‘Atiya, friendship that may ultimately save her and enable a historic but now completely run-down caravanserai her rebirth. Suhaila comes alive through the stories that has become the home of the town’s marginal about her: her excesses, her love of dancing, of wine, and underprivileged characters. The novel takes on and of poetry, despite years of abuse by her Iraqi epic dimensions as the narrator escorts us on a journey husband, the bleakness of exile from home, and the to this underworld, portraying—as he sinks further frustrating separation from her only son. This award- into its intricate relationships—the many characters winning novel is a hymn to friendship and to bound- that inhabit it. less giving that ultimately restores life—it is a story Through a labyrinth of tales we are introduced about memory and history, a story against forgetting. to these denizens, whose lives oscillate between the The Loved Ones was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz real and the fantastic, the contemporary and the Medal for Literature in 2004. timeless. And while the narrator starts out as a spectator of these characters’ lives, he soon becomes Alia Mamdouh, born in , served as editor-in-chief of an integral part of the lodging house’s community al-Rasid magazine from 1970 to 1982. She now lives in of rogues. Paris. She is the author of Naphtalene: A Novel of Baghdad (AUC Press, 2005). Khairy Shalaby, born in the Nile Delta in 1938, has written Marilyn Booth is the translator of several Arabic novels, seventy books, including novels, short stories, historical tales, including ’s The Tiller of Waters (AUC Press, and critical studies. The Lodging House was awarded the 2003). Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in 2003. Farouk Abdel Wahab is the translator of Alaa Al Aswany’s Chicago (AUC Press, 2007).

Original Arabic title: Wikalat ‘Atiya Original Arabic title: al-Mahbubat 440pp. Pbk. 288pp. Pbk. October. 978-977-416-239-8. LE70 / $18.95. World. October. 978-977-416-208-4. LE70 / $18.95. World.

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Nile Sparrows Nights of Musk Clamor of the Lake Ibrahim Aslan Stories from Old Nubia Mohamed El-Bisatie A Modern Arabic Novel Haggag Hassan Oddoul A Modern Arabic Novel Translated by Mona El-Ghobashy Translated by Translated by Hala Halim New paperback edition Anthony Calderbank New paperback edition New paperback edition Aslan’s second novel chronicles An old fisherman of unknown the daily rhythm of life of rural Haggag Oddoul’s work, as well origin arrives in a black boat. migrants to Cairo and their complex as documenting the personal Taciturn and enigmatic, he takes webs of familial and neighborly tragedy of individuals caught up on a woman and her twin boys. relations. It opens with the mys- in massive social transformation, While he gives away nothing about terious disappearance of the tiny also casts a nostalgic light on the his past, his undemanding com- grandmother, Hanem, who is over heritage and way of life of the panionship prompts the woman to 100 years old. Her grandson Mr. Nubians: their rhythmic dancing, narrate her turbulent life. Abdalla, who has children of his their beautiful women, the lively In this lyrical novel, the stories own and not a few flecks of gray humor of their elders, and the of these and other figures converge in his hair, reluctantly sets out enormous centrality of their tradi- on the mercurial presence of the for their home village to search tions and the spirits with which lake, which in the end proves for her, embarking on a bitter- they shared the environment. the narrative’s true hero. Clamor sweet odyssey into his family’s of the Lake won the 1995 Cairo past and a confrontation with his Haggag Hassan Oddoul was born in International Book Fair Award for own aging. Alexandria in 1944 to parents who Best Novel of the Year. had left their native village in Nubia. Ibrahim Aslan was born in Tanta in He has written short stories, novels, Mohamed el-Bisatie is the author of 1937. He is the author of The Heron and plays. Nights of Musk was awarded a number of novels and collections (AUC Press, 2005) and is culture edi- the State Prize for Short Stories in 1990. of short stories, including Over the tor in the Cairo bureau of the London- Anthony Calderbank has translated Bridge (AUC Press, 2006) and Hunger based daily newspaper al-Hayat. several works of modern Arabic fiction, (AUC Press, 2008). He was awarded Mona El-Ghobashy is assistant pro- most recently Yousef al-Mohaimeed’s the Oweiss prize in 2001. fessor of political science at Barnard Wolves of the Crescent Moon (AUC Hala Halim is an Andrew W. Mellon College, Columbia University. Press, 2007). Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Original Arabic title: ‘Asafir al-Nil Original Arabic title: Layali misk al-‘atiqa Original Arabic title: Sakhab al-buhayra 128pp. Pbk. 136pp. Pbk. 144pp. Pbk. October. 978-977-416-240-4. September. 978-977-416-216-9. December. 978-977-416-241-1. LE60 / $17.95. World. LE60 / $17.95. World. LE60 / $17.95. World.

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Kallimni ‘Arabi Kallimni ‘Arabi Kallimni ‘Arabi Aktar Bishweesh A Beginners’ Course in An Intermediate Course in An Upper Intermediate Course Spoken Egyptian Arabic 1 Spoken Egyptian Arabic 2 in Spoken Egyptian Arabic 3 Samia Louis Samia Louis Samia Louis

336pp. Pbk + Audio CD. 432pp. Pbk + Audio CD. 336pp. Pbk + Audio CD. September. 978-977-416-220-6. Published. 978-977-424-977-8. Published. 978-977-416-100-1. LE120 / $24.95. World. LE120 / $24.95. World. LE120 / $24.95. World.

Kallimni ‘Arabi Kallimni ‘Arabi Mazboot fi Kull Haaga An Early Advanced A Higher Advanced Course in Spoken Course in Spoken Egyptian Arabic 4 Egyptian Arabic 5 Samia Louis Samia Louis

336pp. Pbk + Audio CD. 336pp. Pbk + Audio CD. October. December. 978-977-416-223-7. 978-977-416-224-4. LE120 / $24.95. World. LE120 / $24.95. World.

The complete series of innovative new coursebooks skills, with particular emphasis on listening and in Egyptian colloquial Arabic speaking, using real-life situations and expressions. The accompanying audio CD carries recordings Drawing on her years of experience as an Arabic of the dialogs and exercises in each chapter, made instructor and course developer, Samia Louis has by Egyptian native speakers. used a functional approach to create a bright, inno- vative set of coursebooks for the study of Egyptian “The books in the [Kallimni ‘Arabi] series altogether colloquial Arabic—the spoken dialect most frequently present the best Arabic textbooks available . . . miles studied and most widely understood in the Arab ahead of most others.” world. Now three new books, for beginner, early —David Wilmsen, American University of advanced, and higher advanced students, have been added to the series. Designed according to the Samia Louis has taught Arabic for fifteen years with the ACTFL guidelines for teaching Arabic as a foreign International Language Institute (ILI) in Cairo, an affiliate language, each book of Kallimni ‘Arabi trains students of the International House World Organization. She is through highly structured lessons in the crucial also a writer and course developer.

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al-Kitab al-asasi al-Mu‘jam al-musa‘id fi ta‘lim al-lugha al-‘arabiya li-ghayr Abdellatif Abid et al. al-natiqin biha 392pp. Pbk. Volumes 1, 2, and 3 October. 978-977-416-234-3. LE180 / $34.95. World. El-Said Badawi et al.

Vol. 1: 414pp. Pbk + CD. October. 978-977-416-231-2. LE180 / $34.95. World.

Vol. 2: 403pp. Pbk. October. 978-977-416-232-9. LE180 / $34.95. World.

Vol. 3: 373pp. Pbk. November. 978-977-416-233-6. LE180 / $34.95. World.

A fully revised and expanded new edition of the addition to a full glossary of vocabulary items at favorite Modern Standard Arabic study series the end of each volume (with meanings in both English and French), a supplementary dictionary, This three-part course in Modern Standard Arabic for al-Mu‘jam al-musa‘id, gives a complete key to the non-native speakers approaches the language through vocabulary of all three books in four languages: a series of themed topics—daily life in the Arab English, French, German, and Spanish. Comprehensive world, politics and governance, literature and the and easily digestible, varied and informative, these arts, science and medicine, astronomy—concen- books make an ideal basis for a classroom-based trates principally on listening and speaking skills. course in Arabic anywhere in the world. In each section, vocabulary is built up as various linguistic structures and strategies are introduced El-Said Badawi is professor of Arabic at the Arabic and practiced in a clear introduction to Arabic Language Institute of the American University in Cairo, grammar. A CD accompanies Volume 1, and in and the co-editor of A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic.

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Bahgory Artistic Adaptations An Egyptian Artist’s Words and Pictures Approaches and Positions Georges Bahgory Edited by Ferial J. Ghazoul Translated by Humphrey Davies An examination of adaptation across genres, The creative spirit of one of Egypt’s best-known time, and space artists, in images and in words Articles in this volume look at adaptation of, among A keen observer of events that unfold around him, other things, novels into films, sacred texts into liter- Georges Bahgory is in the habit of sketching his ary works, rituals into installation art, historical doc- impressions in carnets de voyages (sketchbook uments into narrative texts, art objects into poetic diaries), many from Egyptian street scenes that are discourse, folk legends into dramatic works, ideo- recognizable to anyone familiar with Cairo daily logical positions into fables, erotic verses into Sufi life. This new collection of the artist’s paintings is lessons, and e-mails and personal diaries into per- accompanied by extracts from his autobiographical formances. The contributors are from Africa, novel The Icon of Faltas. Turning from the brush to America, Asia, and Europe. Between them they the pen, he has created vignettes, each a brief scene cover postcolonial adaptations, gendered appropria- in a richly textured tapestry of imagined narrative. tions, and literary rewriting of the past, as well as His descriptions convey an acute awareness of the theoretical and esthetic dimensions of such artistic sensual landscape that amplifies his painterly imagery. adaptations. Examples are given from Egyptian, Expressing himself as ardently in words as he does in Iraqi, Kuwaiti, Pakistani, American, British, paint on canvas, Bahgory offers another dimension of Andalusian, and sub-Saharan African works. There his creative spirit with Bahgory: An Egyptian Artist’s are also translations related to the topic of adapta- Words and Pictures. tion, and testimonies by writers who have adapted works across genres. Alif 28. Georges Bahgory, born in Luxor in 1935, studied at the Fine Arts Faculty in Zamalek and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts Ferial J. Ghazoul is professor of English and comparative in Paris. His work has been exhibited in , Egypt, the literature at the American University in Cairo. UK, Iraq, , , and Italy. Humphrey Davies is the translator of Alaa Al Aswany’s The Yacoubian Building (AUC Press, 2004) and Elias Khoury’s Gate of the Sun, for which he was awarded the Banipal Prize for Literary Translation.

500pp. Pbk. 128pp. Pbk. 17x24cm. 75 color photographs. September. 978-977-416-195-7. ISSN 1110-8673. October. 978-977-416-193-3. LE90 / $19.95. World. LE30 / $19.95. World.

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Islamic Art and Culture Timeline and History Nasser D. Khalili A full-color celebration of the rich cultural legacy of Islam The material culture of the Islamic world, from Spain to Indonesia, North Africa to the Steppes, is richly varied, taking in architectural projects on a vast scale and minutely detailed miniature paintings, exquisitely patterned silk textiles and bold yet sophisticated calligraphy. Now the spectacular format of Islamic Art and Culture: Timeline and History allows the reader to view the magnificent sweep of the art of Islam in a unique way. With a continuous timeline chart of the history of the Islamic lands, illustrated with a gallery of color photographs, chapters on the ruling dynasties, and sections devoted to the different art forms, this lavishly illustrated book is a rich cele- bration of Islamic artistic heritage.

Nasser D. Khalili, who was born in Iran, is a scholar, collector, and benefactor of international standing.

186pp. Hbd. 21.6x31.5cm. Over 800 color illustrations. September. 978-977-416-194-0. LE250 / $49.95. Middle East.

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The Golden Years of Egyptian Film Cinema Cairo, 1936–1967 Edited by Sherif Boraie With essays by Rafik el-Sabban, Mustafa Darwish, and Yasser Alwan A celebration of the great black-and-white Arabic movies of the mid-twentieth century Between the 1930s and the 1960s, the Egyptian cinema industry was at its height, producing hundreds of black-and-white comedies, dramas, and romances, many of which became enduring classics, much loved and watched over and over throughout the Arab world in cinemas and on television. Here in this sumptuous, large-format treatment, film fan Sherif Boraie has gathered over a hundred promotional stills from more than eighty great Egyptian movies. In glorious black-and-white, stars who are household names from Casablanca to Baghdad pucker or pout, cower or scowl, clinch or croon, scheme or triumph. There are the divas and the crooners: Umm Kulthum, Laila Murad, Abd al-Halim Hafez, Farid al-Atrash; the leading ladies: Faten Hamama, Suad Husni; the leading men: Omar Sharif, Rushdi Abaza; the dancers: Naima Akif, Tahiya Carioca; the villains: Tawfiq al-Diqn, Mahmoud al-Meligui; and the comics: Mary Munib, Isma‘il Yasin. Not to mention the child star Fayruz, the people’s hero Farid Shawqi, and the magnificent Hind Rustum. Introduced and captioned in English and Arabic, this book of the greatest and the best of Egyptian cinema will appeal to classic film lovers everywhere.

Sherif Boraie is a publisher who lives in Cairo.

240pp. Hbd. 33x25cm. Over 100 illustrations. September. 978-977-416-173-5. LE250 / $49.95. World.

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Twilight Visions in Egypt’s Nile Delta Ann Parker Text by Muhammad Afifi Matar Haunting and lyrical photographs of the theater of rural Egyptian life In this beautiful art book, award-winning American photographer Ann Parker records and celebrates life as it passes along a road through a typical village in the Egyptian Nile Delta in the early twenty-first century. But her photographs are not mere documents of a specific time and place; they transcend both as she captures timeless moments in an eternal world and presents us with a potentially infinite and hauntingly memorable pageant of living tableaux, silhouetted against the late afternoon sky. Like spectators seated in a theater, we watch the comings and goings of the village’s people, animals, and vehicles on the road in front of us. Introducing the photographs are extracts from the autobiographical reflections of the poet Muhammad Afifi Matar, who was born and grew up in a small Delta village very like the one pictured by Ann Parker. His recollections of a rural Egyptian childhood and adolescence are sometimes warming, sometimes chilling, but always insightful and thought-provoking.

Ann Parker has produced over 50 one-woman exhibitions around the world. Her photographs can be found in major collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Muhammad Afifi Matar was born in the Nile Delta village of Ramlat al-Anjab in 1935. Widely recognized as one of Egypt’s leading poets, he was awarded the prestigious Oweiss Prize in 1999.

160pp. Hbd. 26.5x22.5cm. 100 duotone photographs. October. 978-977-416-186-5. LE180 / $39.95. World.

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Said Nursi The Great Belzoni Makers of Islamic Civilization The Circus Strongman who Discovered Egypt’s Ancient Treasures Colin Turner and Hasan Horkuc A new biography of a controversial figure Stanley Mayes The astonishing life of a giant of exploration Said Nursi (1876–1960) was one of the most and archaeology influential figures in twentieth-century Muslim scholarship. For many of his disciples, he was the The truly extraordinary life story of Giovanni Belzoni— prophesied ‘mujaddid,’ who according to Muslim engineer, barber, monk, actor and circus strongman— tradition would appear at the beginning of each who became one of the giants of nineteenth-century century to revive Islam and reinterpret the tenets Egyptian archaeology. He was the first person to of the Qur’an according to the needs of the day. penetrate the heart of the second pyramid at Giza Yet for all who revere him, Nursi has as many and the first European to visit the oasis of Siwa and detractors. In many ways his life and what he stood discover the ruined city of Berenice on the Red Sea. for echo the increasingly dangerous polarization in In 1823, at the age of forty-five, Belzoni died of Turkey between Islamic traditionalism and the fever trying to reach the mysterious city of Timbuktu. secularism established by Ataturk. This short book There has never been a character quite like him in offers a sure guide to the fierce debates surrounding the history of exploration. Said Nursi’s life, thought, and major writings. Stanley Mayes was a respected historian and biographer, Colin Turner is lecturer in Islamic studies and Persian at highly regarded for his work on Egypt, archaeology and the the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the history of the Ottoman Empire. University of Durham. Hasan Horkuc is a research fellow in the same institution.

An I.B. Tauris publication An I.B. Tauris publication 160pp. Pbk. 360pp. Pbk. October. 978-184511-774-0. LE150 / $27.50. Middle East. September. 978-184511-333-9. LE170 / $29.95.Middle East.

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Islamic Civilization History and Treasures Francesca Romana Romani A sumptuously illustrated look at early Islamic culture This full-color chronicle begins with the seventh- century origin of Islam in the desert oasis of Mecca and an account of the Bedouin society in which the Prophet Muhammad was raised. Then it moves on to explore the dynamic develop- ment of Islamic culture and society under the first ‘rightly guided’ caliphs and the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates, a golden age in which Islamic philosophy, science, and literature flourished to the full. The last chapter explores the main aspects of classical Islamic culture, looking particularly at theology and law, knowledge and science, mysticism and faith, and art and architecture.

Francesca Romana Romani is a specialist in the history of medicine at La Sapienza University, Rome, looking in particular at medieval medical culture and hygiene in the Near East.

192pp. Hbd. 28.5x31.5cm. Over 240 color illustrations. September. 978-977-416-210-7. LE300 / $59.95. Middle East.

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Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs Silent Images Volume 1: Predynastic to the Twentieth Women in Pharaonic Egypt Dynasty: 3300–1069 BC Zahi Hawass Darrell D. Baker Foreword by H.E. Mrs Suzanne Mubarak A comprehensive guide to the first 350 rulers of A new paperback edition of a classic book ancient Egypt Despite the multitude of artifacts and texts that have This new and meticulous reference work includes come to us from ancient Egypt, much still remains an alphabetized list of all the known pharaohs up to obscure regarding the lives of women. Women the end of the Twentieth Dynasty. Each entry includes were, from the historical perspective, silent—but a brief biography of the reign, the tomb location and how should this silence be interpreted? What was number (if known), the location of known mummies, the reality of women’s lives behind the standardized the chief consorts (if known), the hieroglyphs and images? We know that their chief role in society as transliterations of each form of the pharaoh’s name, mothers and anchors of the family was honored and and pertinent bibliographical references. In addition, respected, although it meant a degree of segregation. the encyclopedia contains a glossary of commonly- Nevertheless, in law they were the equals of men used terms, an index of Greek forms of names and and they could, and did, own property. variant spellings, a list of apocryphal kings of the Zahi Hawass searches for a more realistic picture Fourteenth Dynasty, the royal titulary, and a chrono- of women’s lives in ancient Egypt, reconsidering logical king list by dynasty. the evidence from tomb and temple, and drawing on unpublished material from his excavations at the “Although there are several books on Egyptian workers’ cemetery at Giza. The text is complemented pharaohs, few are as easy to use, as comprehensive, by lavish illustrations of places and objects, many or as honest. The references for each entry are superb, made especially for this book. and the index is enormously useful.” —Salima Ikram, professor of Egyptology, Zahi Hawass is the secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme the American University in Cairo Council of Antiquities. He is the author of many books on ancient Egypt, including The Royal Tombs of Egypt: The Art Darrell D. Baker studied ancient Egyptian history, archae- of Thebes Revealed and King Tutankhamun: The Treasures ology, and language at the University of California, Los of the Tomb (both AUC Press, 2007). Angeles.

588pp. Hbd. 17x23.5cm. 208pp. Pbk. 24.5x30cm. 141 color illustrations. October. 978-977-416-221-3. LE200 / $49.50. Middle East. September. 978-977-416-202-2. LE180 / $39.95. World.

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Egypt’s Sunken Treasures Edited by Franck Goddio with David Fabre Photography by Christoph Gerigk Foreword by Zahi Hawass Finally revealed by the sea: the mysteries of the lost cities of Egypt Submerged by the waters of the Mediterranean since antiquity, the ancient cities of Canopus, Thonis, and Heracleion flourished on the shores of the Mediterranean near Alexandria. Recent underwater archaeology has revealed the reality behind the dreams these mysterious places have evoked. This new book, fully illustrated in color, presents the exciting story of these discoveries from the bottom of the sea. The statue of a queen depicted as Isis-Aphrodite, of a priest tenderly holding an Osiris-Canopus jar, the colossi of a king and queen, the monumental sculpture of the god Hapy, the remains of sphinxes, fields of fractured columns scattered as if by the hand of a giant—in all these discoveries, made with the most advanced archaeological methods and based on historical knowledge, an enigmatic, fascinating world is brought to light.

Franck Goddio, born in 1947, is the author of many books, scientific articles, and publications about his research projects and excavations.

400pp. Hbd. 24x28cm. 600 color illustrations. October. 978-977-416-215-2. LE250 / $49.95. Middle East.

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The Illustrated Dictionary of Ancient Egypt In association with the British Museum Ian Shaw and Paul Nicholson A successful and highly-esteemed reference work now republished in an enlarged and fully revised edition This authoritative illustrated dictionary provides clear, in-depth explanations and descriptions of the important ideas, events and personalities throughout four thousand years of Egyptian civilization. More than 600 extensively cross-referenced and compre- hensively-indexed A-Z entries provide detailed and in-depth information on all aspects of ancient Egypt and Nubia during the pharaonic and Graeco-Roman periods. Each entry is followed by a bibliography. The dictionary is lavishly illustrated throughout with photographs, line drawings, site plans, and maps.

Praise for the previous edition: “Sets a standard that all such works should emulate and strive to attain.” —Journal of Near Eastern Studies

“The best of both worlds: a basic textbook that would not disfigure a coffee table, and a picture book with bite.” —Times Higher Education Supplement

“Answers every Egyptian question you can imagine.” —New Statesman

Ian Shaw is lecturer in Egyptian archaeology at the University of Liverpool. Paul Nicholson is senior lecturer in archaeology at Cardiff University.

368pp. Hbd. 22x27.5cm. 450 illustrations. January. 978-977-416-226-8. LE200 / $39.95. Egypt.

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The Royal Mummies Immortality in Ancient Egypt Francis Janot Introduction by Zahi Hawass A spectacular new look at what lay behind the mummification of Egypt’s monarchs Embalming, the art that people had learned from the god Anubis, was the practical intervention that checked the ineluctable decomposition of the pharaoh’s body— a battle that had to be won, since the cosmic order itself depended on its successful outcome. This lavishly illustrated book acquaints the readers with both the physical procedures and the religious rites involved in preparing a royal corpse for eternity, allowing the regenerated body—transfigured and wrapped in linen bandages—to proceed along the paths fraught with danger that led to the Field of Reeds, the ancient Egyptian paradise. The modern discovery of the royal mummies is described, and the latest research on the mummies themselves is presented, including X-rays and CT scans, which help us to understand not only how particular pharaohs died out but also what ailments they may have suffered in life, and in some cases what the living person actually looked like.

Francis Janot is an associate professor in the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the University of Nancy 1, and a specialist in the art of embalming in ancient Egypt. Zahi Hawass is the secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. He is the author of many books on ancient Egypt.

Also available in French, German, Italian. 368pp. Hbd. 25.5x35.5cm. 454 color illustrations. September. 978-977-416-212-1. LE350 / $59.95. Middle East.

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The Lost Tombs Mishkah Old Kingdom Pottery of Saqqara Egyptian Journal of from Giza Alain Zivie Islamic Archaeology Volume 2 Zahi Hawass Photographs by Patrick Chapuis and Ashraf Senussi Translated by David Lorton The Supreme Council This publication discusses the An unusual visual account of of Antiquities pottery that was discovered by French excavations at Saqqara Reports on the latest excavations Zahi Hawass’s excavations at and restorations Alain Zivie and his team have spent Giza, including the Cemetery of the last twenty-five years exhuming Contributors: Muhammad Ali Abd the Pyramid Builders, the Western a major New Kingdom cemetery al-Hafiz, Hisham bin Muhammad Cemetery, and the settlement from the sands of Saqqara. This Ali bin-Hasan Ajimi, Khaled beneath the modern suburb of unique book gives the reader a rare Muhammad Azab, Gamal al-Busaili, Nazlet el-Samman. insight into the immediacy, excite- Muhammad al-Sayyid Hamdi, ment, and hard work of archaeo- Zahi Hawass, Angela Milward An SCA publication logical excavations, through the Jones, Mutsuo Kawatoko, Al-Mustafa 160pp. Pbk. Illustrated. outstanding photography of Patrick Muhammad al-Kharrat, Sami Saleh September. 978-977-305-986-6. Chapuis and the reflections of Abd al-Malik, Mahmud Abd al-Basit LE100/ $29.95. World. the author on the significance of Muhammad, Stéphane Pradines, the archaeological, historical, Ibrahim Subhi. Unique Statues and artistic results of the team’s discoveries. from Giza Zahi Hawass Alain Zivie is director of the excava- tions of the French Archaeological This publication discusses the Mission of the Bubasteion at Saqqara. statuary discovered by Zahi Hawass Patrick Chapuis has been photograph- at Giza. These statues range in date ing the French excavations at Saqqara from the Old Kingdom through the since 1987. New Kingdom, and were found in a variety of contexts including tombs as well as near the royal An SCA publication pyramid complexes. A cara.cara edition 404pp. Pbk. 21x29.5cm. 635 illustra- 152pp. Pbk. 21x22cm. tions incl. 51 in color, 66 maps 56 color illustrations. September. 978-977-437-470-8. An SCA publication September. 978-2-913805-02-6. ISSN 1687-5613. 120pp. Pbk. Illustrated. LE150 / $29.95. World. LE60 / $18.50. World. September. LE100/ $29.95. World.

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Contents:

Foreign Policy Analysis in the Global Era and the World of the Arabs Bahgat Korany and Ali E. Hillal Dessouki

Foreign Policy Approaches and Arab Countries: A Critical Evaluation and an Alternative Framework Bahgat Korany and Ali E. Hillal Dessouki

Globalization and Arab Foreign Policies: Constraints or Marginalization? Ali E. Hillal Dessouki and Bahgat Korany

From Arab System to Middle Eastern System: Regional Pressures and Constraints Paul Noble

Regional leadership: Balancing off Costs and Dividends: Foreign Policy of Egypt The Foreign Policies of Arab States Ali E. Hillal Dessouki The Challenge of Globalization Bahgat Korany and Ali E. Hillal Dessouki Foreign Policy under Occupation: Does Iraq Need a Foreign Policy? The new revised edition of an essential Middle East Mohamed Soffar studies textbook The first edition of this book was praised as “a Does the Successor Make a Difference? The Foreign milestone for present and future research on Arab Policy of Jordan and Third World foreign policies” (American Political Ali E. Hillal Dessouki and Karen Abul Kheir Science Review), and “an indispensable aid for those studying or teaching the foreign policies of The Art of the Impossible: The Foreign Policy the contemporary Middle East” (International Journal of Lebanon of Middle East Studies). It has become a standard Bassel F. Salloukh textbook in Middle East studies curricula all over the world. This third edition, with new material The Far West of the Near East: The Foreign Policy of reflecting the earth-shaking events at the end of the Cold War and the continuation of violence Jennifer Rosenblum and William Zartman and terrorism, examines foreign policies of nine Arab states in the context of globalization. The editors Irreconcilable Role-Partners? Saudi Foreign Policy first establish an analytical framework for assessing between the Ulama and the U.S. foreign policy, which they and other contributors Bahgat Korany and Moataz A. Fattah then apply chapter by chapter to Egypt, , Jordan, , Lebanon, , the United Arab From Fragmentation to Fragmentation? Sudan’s Emirates, , and Iraq. Foreign Policy Ann M. Lesch Bahgat Korany is professor of international relations and political economy at the American University in Cairo, and director of the AUC Forum. The Challenge of Restructuring: Syrian Foreign Policy Ali E. Hillal Dessouki is professor of political science at Hazem Kandil , and has been visiting professor at numer- ous universities, including UCLA and Princeton. Politics of Constructive Engagement: The Foreign Policy of the United Arab Emirates Abdul-Monem Al-Mashat

Conclusion: Foreign Policy, Globalization and the Arab 480pp. Hbd. Dilemma of Change November. 978-977-416-197-1. LE120 / $34.95. World. Bahgat Korany and Ali E. Hillal Dessouki

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Egypt’s Political Economy Beyond the Façade Power Relations in Development Political Reform in the Arab World Nadia Ramsis Farah Edited by Marina Ottaway A new assessment of the impact of power relations and Julia Choucair-Vizoso on economic development Some governments of the Middle East have taken This new study deals with the unfolding of the great steps toward political reform. Are these meaningful political and economic transformations of the changes, or empty attempts to pacify domestic and modern Egyptian state from the appointment of international public opinion? How do we distinguish Muhammad Ali as governor of Egypt in 1805 to the reforms that alter the character of the political system era of President Mubarak, with a special focus on from those that are only window dressing? the period 1990–2005, which witnessed a rigorous Beyond the Façade evaluates the changes that are implementation of structural adjustment policies, the taking place in the region and explores the potential acceleration of economic privatization and liberaliza- for further reform. The essays provide careful, detailed tion, the emergence of a group of neo-conservatives examinations of ten countries, highlighting the diver- within the ruling National Democratic Party, and sity of processes and problems. the consolidation of business interests and repre- sentation in parliament and government. The author Contributors: Nathan Brown, Julia Choucair-Vizoso, asserts that the modernization process in Egypt Michele Dunne, Amr Hamzawy, Ellen Lust-Okar, over the last two centuries has been determined by Marina Ottaway, Sarah Phillips, Meredith Riley, Hugh power relations and their articulation, and so she Roberts, and Paul Salem. investigates in depth the impact of power relations on development strategies, on political liberalization, “A significant and needed contribution.” on politicized Islam as a hegemonic ideology adopted —Robert Springborg, SOAS, University of London by the state since the beginning of the 1970s, and on gender relations in development. “Superb . . . coherent, concise, and consistently insightful.” Nadia Ramsis Farah is professor of political economy at —Foreign Affairs the American University in Cairo. She has taught at Cairo University, Duke University, and the University of Marina Ottaway is a senior associate in the Democracy Maryland, and has worked as an international consultant and Rule of Law Program and director of the Carnegie in the areas of gender, development, population, and Middle East Program. reproductive health. Julia Choucair-Vizoso is a former associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

256pp. Hbd. 304pp. Pbk. January. 978-977-416-217-6. LE100 / $29.95. World. September.978-977-416-238-1. LE100 / $29.95. Middle East.

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Contents:

A Political Analysis of the Egyptian Judges’ Revolt Mohamed al-Sayed Said

The Development of the Relations between the Mixed Courts and the Executive Authorityin Egypt(1875–1904) Isabelle Lendrevie-Tournan

The Law on the Judicial Authority and Judicial Independence Mahmud al-Khudayri

The General Prosecutor between the Judicial and Executive Authorities Abdallah Khalil

The Political Role of the Egyptian Judiciary Nabil Abd al-Fattah

The Political Role of the Supreme Constitutional Judges and Political Reform Court: Between Principles and Practice in Egypt Tamir Moustafa Edited by Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron The Role of the Judges’ Club in Enhancing the Independence of the Judiciary and Spurring Political A wide-ranging review of the relationship between Reform the Egyptian judiciary and the government Atef Shahat Said Recent years have seen growing tensions in Egypt between the judiciary and the executive authority Reining in the Executive: What Can the Judiciary Do? in Egypt. In order to gain concessions, judges went Nathan J. Brown as far as to threaten to boycott the supervision of the presidential and legislative elections in the fall Judges and Elections: The Politicization of the Judges’ of 2005 and to organize sit-ins in the streets. A con- Discourse ference held in Cairo in early April 2006 on the Sherif Younes theme of the role of judges in the process of politi- cal reform in Egypt and the Arab world led to this Exceptional Courts and the Natural Judge collection of papers dealing with Egypt. They allow Hafez Abu Saada a better understanding of the role judges are playing Judges and Acts of Sovereignty in the process of democratic reform in Egypt as well Muhammad Maher Abu al-Einein as the limits of their struggle. The Government’s Non-execution of Judicial Decisions Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron is a senior researcher and Negad al-Borai the representative of the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement in Cairo. She holds her Ph.D in public Egyptian Parties and Syndicates vis-à-vis Judicial law from Paris X University. Decisions Ahmad Abd al-Hafiz

The Judicial Authority and Civil Society Mustapha Kamel al-Sayyed

The Relationship between Judges and Human Rights Organizations during the 2005 Elections and the Referendum Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron

The Independence of the Judiciary as a Democratic 336pp. Hbd. Construct December. 978-977-416-201-5. LE150 / $34.95. World. Hisham El-Bastawisi

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What the Arabs Think of America Islam and Textbooks in the Andrew Hammond Middle East Comparing Curricula What Arabs love—and hate—about the United States Edited by Eleanor Abdella Doumato These days, Americans and America provoke strong and Gregory Starrett opinions from Arabs of all sorts, from politicians and A close look at Islam in public education in nine journalists to the ordinary men and women of the Arab countries ‘Arab Street.’ Their voices aren’t always heard in the west, but for over a decade British journalist Andrew Exploring the political and social priorities behind Hammond, based in the Middle East, has been lis- religious education in nine Middle Eastern countries, tening to what they have to say, and in this book the authors reveal dramatic differences in the way that they are heard loud and clear on American politics, Islam is presented in textbooks across the region. They pop culture, and lifestyle. also illustrate the perhaps surprising adaptability of Islam as leaders strive to reconcile Muslim identity “a well-documented and timely volume.” with both state citizenship and the modern reality of —MultiCultural Review an interdependent, globalized world.

“[a] timely and informative study.” Contributors: Taghreed Alqudsi-ghabra, Ozlem Altan, —Arab News Betty Anderson, Nathan Brown, Seif Da‘Na, Eleanor Abdella Doumato, Muhammad S. Eissa, Joshua Landis, “Engaged journalism at its best.” Mandana E. Limbert, Golnar Mehran, Gregory Starrett, —Madawi al-Rasheed, author of James A. Toronto. A History of Saudi Arabia “An invaluable close scrutiny, especially in the wake of Andrew Hammond is Reuters Senior Correspondent in Saudi the September 11th attacks and accusations that text- Arabia. He is the author of Popular Culture in the Arab World books fostering violence have heavily infiltrated Saudi (AUC Press, 2007). Arabia and the Muslim world. Highly recommended.” —Midwest Book Review

Eleanor Abdella Doumato is visiting fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University. Gregory Starrett is associate professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

246pp. Pbk. 267pp. Pbk. September. 978-977-416-228-2. LE100 / $29.95. Middle East. October. 978-977-416-236-7. LE100 / $29.95. Middle East.

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From Charity to Social Change Bedouins by the Lake Trends in Arab Philanthropy Environment, Change, and Sustainability in Southern Egypt Edited by Barbara Ibrahim and Dina H. Sherif Ahmed Belal, John Briggs, Joanne Sharp, and A landmark study of philanthropic action in the Irina Springuel modern Middle East How nomads are adapting to a changing desert environment Persistent societal problems and wealth creation in the Arab region are driving a new generation of Sustainable development and environmental change actors to commit their resources for the greater pub- have become two of the watchwords of the new lic welfare. Voluntary contributions to causes that century. But what do they mean for ordinary people serve a public good are a longstanding and impor- living in some of the harshest environments in the tant aspect of cultures in the Arab region. What is of world where survival is the driving force? This book particular interest today is the proliferation of ways sets out to examine these issues and how they affect, in which this private giving is being channeled into and are affected by, Bedouin communities living in new institutional forms. the arid areas of the Nubian Desert in southeastern Through an examination of philanthropic trends Egypt. This book seeks to examine how the Bedouin in eight key Middle Eastern countries, this book of this area have coped with the environmental seeks to shed light on the forms of institutionalized changes brought about after the construction of the giving that currently exist, as well as to provide rec- Aswan High Dam and resulting formation of Lake ommendations for how charitable contributions can Nasser. Bedouins by the Lake argues that people in be most effective as vehicles of future social change. these communities are active agents of change and Drawing on data collected from endowed corporate must not be seen as passive victims. For them, sus- foundations, public–private partnerships, and small- tainable development and environmental change are scale community-based organizations, this study not abstract academic debates, but real-life, everyday marks the first attempt to map the dynamic contem- issues around which they must organize their lives. porary landscape of philanthropy in the Arab region. Ahmed Belal, established the Unit of Environmental Studies Barbara Ibrahim is founding director of the John D. and Development in South Valley University, Aswan. John Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement, Briggs is professor of geography at the University of Glasgow. established at the American University in Cairo in 2006. Joanne Sharp is senior lecturer in geography at the University Dina H. Sherif is associate director of the John D. Gerhart of Glasgow. Irina Springuel has been advancing higher Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement at the education and multidisciplinary research in Upper Egypt American University in Cairo. since 1981.

192pp. Pbk. 256pp. Hbd. 20 illustrations, 17 maps. November. 978-977-416-207-7. LE100 / $29.95. World. November. 978-977-416-198-8. LE100 / $29.95. World.

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A New Muslim Order Modern Islamic Political Thought The Shia and the Middle East Sectarian Crisis Hamid Enayat Nicolas Pelham Foreword by Roy P. Mottahedeh A first-hand account by one of the few journalists Indispensable for an understanding of the politics to have been in Iraq before, during, and after the war of the Muslim world Nicolas Pelham explores how America’s over- The revival and power of religious feelings among throw of the Baath party in Iraq and the failures of Muslims since the Iranian revolution presents a Washington’s post-invasion regime spawned a complicated and often perplexing picture of the Shiite revolution in the heartland of the Arab world. politics of the Islamic world in the modern era. Through first-hand accounts from Saddam’s rule to What are the ideas that have influenced the direction that of the post-Bremer rulers, he traces the turning of these trends? In this book, which since its original of the tables from a Sunni- to a Shia-led state. As publication has established itself as a seminal work, Washington struggled to back-pedal, Pelham reveals Hamid Enayat provides an answer by describing how the Ayatollahs’ drive for elections won power and interpreting some of the major Islamic political for their acolytes to draft the constitution for a ideas. He also examines the concept of the Islamic utopian Shia state. state, and the Muslim response to the challenge of alien and modern ideologies such as nationalism, Nicolas Pelham has spent 20 years studying, writing, and democracy, and socialism. broadcasting in the Middle East and North Africa. Hamid Enayat was reader in modern Middle Eastern history at Oxford University and fellow at St. Antony’s College, Oxford. Roy P. Mottahedeh is professor of history and chair of the Committee on Islamic Studies at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University.

An I.B. Tauris publication An I.B. Tauris publication 288pp. Pbk. 240pp. Pbk. October. 978-184511-139-7. LE170 / $29.95. Middle East. September. 978-185043-466-5. LE190 / $32.95. Middle East.

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The Student Movement and Political and Social Protest in Egypt National Politics in Egypt Edited by Nicholas S. Hopkins New Paperback Edition Collected papers chronicling the history of Egyptian Ahmed Abdalla protest groups over the last three decades An account of student activism in Egypt, by one Cairo Papers in Social Science first appeared in 1977, of its leaders the year that witnessed the famous bread riots in When the doors of university education in Egypt Egypt. As the journal celebrates its 30th anniversary, were opened to hundreds of thousands of the sons Egypt also seems to be at a crossroads, as new forms and daughters of peasants, workers, and lower- of protest have been developing with the aim of middle-class employees after the 1952 Revolution, challenging the existing order and inducing change. quantitative growth was not matched by qualitative This issue includes a collection of papers delivered at advance, and the result was one of the world’s most Cairo Papers 30th Anniversary Symposium that deal turbulent student movements. This history of that with the different protest groups that have been active movement’s most critical years, first published in in Egypt in the last three decades, including the 1985, was written by a young Egyptian who was a Kefaya movement, the Negm–Imam phenomenon, participant in many of the events. Ahmed Abdalla the feminist movement, Coptic activism, and the describes the sociological composition of the student Muslim Brotherhood, as well as workers’ protests, body, the physical and social conditions in the rural resistance, and the judges’ call for reform. Cairo universities, the shifts in government education Papers Vol. 29, No. 2. policy, and the attempts of the students to influence the direction of national development. Contributors: Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron, Marilyn This book is an important contribution to our Booth, Ray Bush, Françoise Clément, Rabab al-Mahdi, understanding of Egypt’s modern history, and will Sameh Naguib, Mustapha Kamel al-Sayyid, Samer also be of interest to anyone concerned with the Soliman, Robert Springborg. more universal issues of higher education, social change, and state politics in the Third World. Nicholas S. Hopkins is professor of anthropology at the American University in Cairo. Ahmed Abdalla (1950–2006) received a degree in political science from Cairo University in 1973. He was president of the Higher National Committee of Cairo University Students, which led the student uprising of January 1972, and was a defendant in the trial of student activists in 1973.

112pp. Pbk. 300pp. Pbk. September. 978-977-416-200-8. ISSN 1110-659X. October. 978-977-416-199-5. LE100 / $29.95. World. LE20 / $16.95. World.

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Islam Today Islamic Thought in the Recognizing Islam A Short Introduction Twentieth Century Religion and Society in the to the Muslim World Edited by Suha Taji-Farouki Modern Middle East Akbar S. Ahmed and Basheer M. Nafi Michael Gilsenan LA Times Best Non-Fiction Book A fresh approach to topical An original understanding of of the Year questions religion in the Middle East Although there are over one bil- The first of its kind, this book pro- Michael Gilsenan shows that Islam lion Muslims in the world, most vides in-depth discussion of Islamic covers a multitude of forms and discussion of Islam in the west thought across the twentieth practices that are woven into daily is based on clichés or outright century, encompassing the breadth existence in complex and some- prejudice. This lively and com- of self-expression in Muslim com- times almost invisible ways. He pelling book sets out to bridge the munities worldwide. It explores key explores a variety of social worlds gulfs of misunderstanding. Islam, themes in modern Islamic thinking, all claiming Islamic affiliation: argues Akbar Ahmed, does not including the social origins and the feudal aristocracy of northern mean the subordination of women, ideological underpinnings of the Lebanon, the working-class Sufi contempt for other religions, late 19th- early 20th-century brotherhoods of Egypt, and the opposition to the modern world, Islamic reformist project, national- new bourgeoisies of Algeria and or ‘barbaric punishments’ for ism in the Muslim world, Islamist Morocco. In each he shows how petty crime. attitudes towards democracy, Islam evolves in relation to shifting This highly accessible book Muslim perceptions and construc- social, political, economic, and is an ideal introduction for non- tions of the west, and aspects of class structures. Muslims and Muslims alike inter- Muslim thinking on Christians ested in the issues facing and raised and Jews. “Remarkably well-written . . . . A by the Muslim world. vital account of Islam and unique Suha Taji-Farouki is research associate at for being so.” Akbar S. Ahmed is a fellow of Selwyn the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. —Edward Said College, Cambridge. He is the author Basheer M. Nafi is reader in Islamic of numerous books and articles. history at the Muslim College and Michael Gilsenan is professor of adjunct professor of Islamic studies at anthropology and Middle Eastern Birkbeck College, University of London. studies at New York University.

An I.B. Tauris publication An I.B. Tauris publication An I.B. Tauris publication 272pp. Pbk. 400pp. Pbk. 296pp. Pbk. September. 978-186064-257-9. September. 978-185043-751-2. September. 978-186064-409-2. LE180 / $29.95. Middle East. LE190 / $32.95. Middle East. LE190 / $32.95. Middle East.

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The Genesis of Literature Historical Dictionary in Islam of the Coptic Church From the Aural to the Read Gawdat Gabra Gregor Schoeler A comprehensive new reference work Translated by Shawkat Toorawa According to tradition, Saint Mark brought Christianity A new examination of the development of to Egypt during the first century, and in so doing the rich written Arabic tradition formed the basis for the Coptic Orthodox Church. The study of Islamic tradition which began in the last Today, Copts comprise the largest Christian com- third of the seventh century, relied predominantly munity in the Middle East. They make up perhaps on oral communication between teacher and student, tenth of Egypt’s population, and many hundreds of although writing was already an integral part of this thousands also live in North America and Australia. process, and it was the genesis of one of the richest This new and comprehensive reference work by literatures of late antiquity and the middle ages. a leading Coptic scholar details the history of one Here Gregor Schoeler explains how this change— of the oldest Christian churches through a chronology, from predominantly oral to written—came about. an introductory essay, a bibliography, and more than In particular, he explains how the tension between 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on important oral and written resulted in a creative coexistence. people, organizations, and structures, the theology and practices of the church, its literature and liturgy, Gregor Schoeler is professor and chair of Islamic studies and its monasteries and churches. in the Orientalisches Seminar at the University of Basel. Shawkat Toorawa is associate professor of Arabic literature Gawdat Gabra is the author or editor of numerous books and Islamic studies at Cornell University. on Egyptian Christianity, including The Treasures of Coptic Art (AUC Press, 2006). He is currently visiting professor of Coptic Studies at Claremont Graduate University.

160pp. Pbk. 304pp. Hbd. December. 978-977-416-235-0. LE100 / $29.95. Middle East. December. 978-977-416-237-4. LE150 / $34.95. Middle East.

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Desert Songs A Woman Explorer in Egypt and Sudan Arita Baaijens The extraordinary story of one woman’s lone quest in the harsh but beautiful desert Arita Baaijens gave up her job as an environmentalist nearly twenty years ago, and has been exploring the deserts of Egypt and Sudan with her small camel caravan ever since. In Desert Songs she recounts her passion for the desert, the place she loves and fears. On one level Desert Songs reads as an ode to camels, vistas and horizons, nomads and exploration. On another it is a story about an inward journey, a rite of passage. It is about leaving the world you know to venture into the unknown where you dis- cover your true strength. How strong are you when there’s no backup? Where do your limits lie? Baaijens sets out on a voyage of self-discovery and unrelenting physical trials to find the answers. The experience changes her forever.

Arita Baaijens is an author, a photographer, and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. She has published several books on her desert journeys. In between travels she lives in Amsterdam, the .

144pp. Hbd. 25.5x21.5cm. Over 100 color illustrations. September. 978-977-416-211-4. LE180 / $39.95. Middle East.

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Vintage Alexandria Photographs of the City, 1860–1960 Michael Haag Archival photographs that reveal the forgotten heart of a great city Seen here in the setting of their homes and gardens, and on the city’s streets and beaches, the faces of forgotten Alexandrians come to life: the Greeks, Italians, Jews, and all those others from around the Mediterranean whose energy and expertise helped modernize and develop Egypt, and who planted their family roots in the city. This was the luxuriant and evocative city celebrated by Constantine Cavafy, E.M. Forster, and Lawrence Durrell, and they too are included in these pages along with photographs of scenes and people that were familiar to them. Vintage Alexandria traces the development and growth of the city, follows its story through the dramatic events of two world wars, and above all provides a background to the city’s place in twentieth-century cultural history, through the eyes of Alexandria’s cosmopolitan citizens themselves.

Michael Haag has photographed and written Alexandria Illustrated (AUC Press, 2004) and Cairo Illustrated (AUC Press, 2006), and he is the author of Alexandria: City of Memory (AUC Press, 2004).

160 pages. Hbd. 25x25cm. 200 illustrations. October. 978-977-416-192-6. LE180 / $39.95. World.

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Islamic Monuments in Cairo The Fayoum The Practical Guide History and Guide New Revised Edition New Revised Edition Caroline Williams R. Neil Hewison A new edition of the popular guide to Cairo’s A fully revised guide to one of Egypt’s most monuments beautiful natural areas This new, fully revised edition of a popular and The Fayoum, a large and exceptionally fertile depres- handy guide continues to walk the visitor around sion in Egypt’s Western Desert, some 90 kilometers two hundred of the city’s most interesting Islamic southwest of Cairo, is a region both rich in history monuments. It also keeps pace with recent restoration and outstanding in natural beauty. Its historical legacy initiatives and newly opened monuments such as includes temples, pyramids, and towns from the the Amir Taz Palace and the Sitt Wasila House. Middle Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Period, as well as churches, monasteries, and mosques from later times. “This book ought to be in the luggage of every visitor Neil Hewison here outlines the history (and pre- to Cairo. Furthermore, once home, lovers and students history) of the Fayoum and its lakes, describes the of Cairo’s architecture will find it a convenient and agriculture and rural life of the region, then guides accurate quick reference as well as a cherished the visitor around the province site by site, never souvenir of many profitable and enjoyable rambles averse to taking an interesting detour along the way. among the monuments of Cairo.” Originally published in 1984, this guide to one of —Jonathan M. Bloom, Journal of the American Egypt’s most distinctive and beautiful regions quickly Research Center in Egypt became regarded as a classic. The text has been thoroughly revised and updated for this new edition, “Any visitor to Cairo who wants to see the monuments including a new section on the recently declared should not be without it.” UNESCO World Heritage Site of Wadi al-Hitan, the —Bernard O’Kane Valley of the Whales. The book is illustrated with color photographs and two maps. Recommended by Lonely Planet. Recommended by Lonely Planet. Caroline Williams, with graduate degrees in Middle Eastern history from Harvard and Islamic art and architec- R. Neil Hewison taught English in Fayoum from 1979 to ture from the American University in Cairo, has been a fre- 1982. He is the translator of two modern Arabic novels, quent resident/visitor of Cairo since 1961. City of Love and Ashes by Yusuf Idris (AUC Press, 1998) and Wedding Night by Yusuf Abu Rayya (AUC Press, 2006).

287pp. Pbk. 29 color photographs, 24 illustrations, 16 maps. 136pp. Pbk. 27 color illustrations, 2 maps. October. 978-977-416-205-3. LE90 / $24.95. World. November. 978-977-416-206-0. LE75 / $19.95. World.

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Cairo Cairo The Practical Guide The Practical Guide Maps New Revised Edition New Revised Edition

Compiled by Claire E. Francy The handiest and most accurate map guide to the Updated and edited by Lesley Lababidi great city of Cairo “Indispensable”—The New York Times Updated and expanded for 2008, this handy map Revised and updated for 2008, this classic guide book includes all the principal areas of metropolitan fills a vital niche for expatriates and Cairenes alike Cairo and Giza, including for the first time the major who need a helping hand to organize—and enjoy— developing district of New Cairo. The easy-to-use the challenges of a sojourn in Cairo. The basics of format and clear, uncluttered cartographic style make daily life—finding a flat, transporting personal goods, finding where you want to go a pleasure. Each page investigating school options for children, navigating overlaps with adjoining pages—no more lost streets Egypt’s famous bureaucracy, and the intricacies of while turning the page! Indexes are provided for feeding and clothing oneself and one’s family from street names and places of interest, while symbols the local market—are all detailed here. Advice highlight notable landmarks and useful locations. gathered from a wide range of Cairo insiders, both And all this information is packed into a slim book- native and foreign, gives the reader a cornucopia let of 74 pages—handy enough to take anywhere. of current facts on prices, neighborhoods, product availability, work and business opportunities, and the dizzying range of cultural and leisure pursuits that Cairo is famous for. Cairo: The Practical Guide, now in its sixteenth edition, is the key to deciphering the complexities of living, working, and enjoying life in one of the world’s most exciting and dauntingly complex mega-cities.

Lesley Lababidi is the author of Cairo: The Family Guide (third edition, AUC Press, 2006), Silent No More: Special Needs People in Egypt (AUC Press, 2002), and Cairo’s Street Stories: Exploring the City’s Statues, Squares, Bridges, Gardens, and Sidewalk Cafés (AUC Press, 2008).

256pp. Pbk. 74pp. Pbk. 57 maps. September. 978-977-416-203-9. LE90 / $19.95. World. September. 978-977-416-204-6. LE60 / $12.95. World.

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Globetrotter Egypt Travel Pack Globetrotter Egypt Travel Map

Robin Gauldie Color fold-out. 100x71.5cm opened / 12.5x25cm folded. Compact, user-friendly, and up-to-date guides and 20 color photographs. maps in the popular Globetrotter series September. 978-1-84537-996-4. LE75 / $17.95. Middle East.

The Egypt Globetrotter Travel Pack comprises the Travel Guide and a full-size Travel Map. The handy travel guide is crammed with up-to-date, useful information, travel tips, and recommendations for the traveler. Both attractive and practical, it includes sound suggestions on where to tour, stay, eat, shop, and relax. The user-friendly travel map, also available separately as a sturdy fold-out, allows you to locate cities, towns, major roads and scenic routes, air- ports, hotels, golf courses, holiday resorts, parks, and nature reserves. In addition, the reverse side incorporates area maps and town and city plans of the major centers. The Best of Cairo and Luxor offers visitors the highlights of the capital and the principle visitor destination in a concise format, featuring well-presented, to-the-point sections on the highlights of the both locations, places of interest, activities, accommodation, where to eat out, entertainment, and excursions.

Robin Gauldie, who first visited Egypt in 1981, is the Globetrotter Best of Cairo author of numerous travel guides. and Luxor Robin Gauldie 96pp. Pbk. 10x19.5cm. 80 color photographs, plus fold-out map. September. 978-1-84537-835-6. LE75 / $17.95. Middle East.

128pp. Pbk. 12.5x18cm. 100 color photographs, 30 color maps, plus full-size travel map. September. 978-1-84537-950-6. LE150 / $34.95. Middle East.

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The Great Shipwrecks of the Sinai Diving Guide Red Sea Volume 1: Sharm el-Sheikh, Ras Mohammed, Thistlegorm & Rosalie Moller Tiran, Gubal, Dahab Alberto Siliotti Alberto Siliotti A diving guide to two historic relics of World War Two Winner of Best Guide of the Underwater World 2005, Antibes In the space of two days in October 1941, German bombers sank two British cargo ships, the Thistlegorm Sinai is now one of the world’s most popular diving and the Rosalie Moller, in the Gulf of Suez. destinations, and in Sharm el-Sheikh alone an average Rediscovered by divers in 1992, the Thistlegorm of more than one thousand dives are made every became one of the most famous shipwrecks in the day—but mainly on just one tenth of the dive sites. world and one of the favorite attractions for Red Sea Now here is a real diving atlas that has been divers. In 1993, the shipwreck of the Rosalie Moller, developed through more than ten years of diving which lies in a more inaccessible site, was also experience, and which illustrates clearly the topog- found, and is only now becoming well known. This raphy of all major dive sites of south Sinai, and their fully illustrated guide introduces divers to the intricate secrets. A must for all Red Sea divers. secrets of these two fascinating wrecks. Alberto Siliotti is a scientific journalist and a scuba diving Alberto Siliotti is a scientific journalist and a scuba diving instructor. He is one of the leading experts on the Red Sea. instructor. He is one of the leading experts on the Red Sea. He is the author of the popular series of Egypt Pocket Guides. He is the author of the popular series of Egypt Pocket Guides.

Also available in French, German, Italian, Russian. Also available in German, Italian, Russian. 78pp. Pbk. 22x22cm. Color illustrations throughout. 352pp. Pbk. 17x24cm. Color illustrations throughout. September. 978-88-87177-69-5. LE80 / $27.95. World. September. 978-88-87177-65-7. LE185 / $46.95. World.

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Fishes of the Red Sea The Red Sea Alberto Siliotti The Coral Garden Alberto Siliotti An indispensable guide for observing the most important fish in the Red Sea A full-color introduction to the wonderful world of the coral reef The Red Sea is home to a rich array of wildlife, including more than 1,000 species of fish. This Home to over 1,000 species of fish and 250 species guide allows divers and snorkelers to identify easily of coral, the reefs of the Red Sea are among the over 100 common species and to recognize their richest marine environments in the world, and the principal characteristics, habitats, and, distribution, most easily accessible. This beautifully-illustrated biology, and behavior. full-color celebration of all that is under the surface of the shallow waters of the Red Sea explains the Alberto Siliotti is a scientific journalist and a scuba diving complex ecology of the coral reef and introduces instructor. He is one of the leading experts on the Red Sea. some of its most interesting and unusual—and often He is the author of the popular series of Egypt Pocket Guides. visually stunning—denizens.

Alberto Siliotti is a scientific journalist and a scuba diving instructor. He is one of the leading experts on the Red Sea. He is the author of the popular series of Egypt Pocket Guides.

Also available in French, German, Italian, Russian. Also available in French, German, Italian, Russian. 288pp. Pbk. 11x11.5cm. Color illustrations throughout. 144pp. Pbk. 22x22cm. Color illustrations throughout. September. 978-88-87177-42-8. LE60 / $18.95. World. September. 978-88-87177-55-8. LE80 / $27.95. World.

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Cairo City Map Egypt Map Red Sea Diving & Safari Map Sinai&Sharm el-Sheikh Diving Map Map of the Western Desert Oases of Egypt

These handy but tough, plastic-coated, fold-out maps the dive sites along it, with city plans of El-Gouna, can be used anywhere, from dusty city streets, to Hurghada, Safaga, and Marsa Alam. The Egypt Map sandy desert oases, to wet and salty Red Sea beaches. covers the whole country from north to south, with They can also be written on with marker pens and city plans of Greater Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor, and later wiped clean—ideal for recording routes or Aswan. The Cairo City Map covers central Cairo, making your own additions and amendments. The with additional plans of Heliopolis, Nasr City, and Sinai & Sharm el-Sheikh Diving Map shows all the Maadi. The Map of the Western Desert shows clearly major diving venues around south Sinai, as well as everything between the Nile and the Libyan border, the roads to get there, and also has 30 3-D plans of and has detailed maps of the Bahariya, Farafra, individual dive sites. The Red Sea Diving & Safari Dakhla, Kharga, and Siwa oases, and the Gilf Kebir Map shows the whole of Egypt’s Red Sea coast and and Gebel Uweinat.

All also available in French, German, Italian, Russian.

Cairo City Map Color fold-out. 66x48cm opened / 11x23.5cm folded. September. 978-88-87177-39-8. LE20 / $10.95. World.

Egypt Map Sinai & Sharm el-Sheikh Diving Map Color fold-out. 66x48cm opened / 11x23.5cm folded. Color fold-out. 66x48cm opened / 11x23.5cm folded. September. 978-88-87177-58-9. LE20 / $10.95. World. September. 978-88-87177-09-1. LE20 / $10.95. World.

Red Sea Diving & Safari Map Map of the Western Desert Oases of Egypt Color fold-out. 66x48cm opened / 11x23.5cm folded. Color fold-out. 66x48cm opened / 11x23.5cm folded. September. 978-88-87177-01-5. LE20 / $10.95. World. September. 978-88-87177-76-3. LE40 / $14.95. World.

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