Catalog_Fall2012_COVER_FINAL:Fall2012 8/14/12 7:16 AM Page 1 The American

The University American University in Cairo in Cairo Press Press

The American University in Cairo Press is the largest English-language publisher in the Middle East. Founded in 1960, the Press plays a vital role in the cultural and academic dialog between the Arab world and the West. From Arabic fiction in translation through Egyptology to scholarly and general works on all aspects of modern Egypt and its neighbors, including the recent Arab uprisings, the publications of the AUC Press remain a canon of fresh and relevant publishing from the region.

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Letter from the Director

As Egypt continues along the sometimes uncertain path of political and social change, the AUC Press, from its offices overlooking Tahrir Square, continues to publish cutting-edge books that record, analyze, and reflect on these historic times. Since last year’s Revolution, Mia Gröndahl has been watching and photographing the birth, spread, and extraordinary inventive- ness of the new (for Egypt) phenomenon of graffiti and street art, and her new book, Revolution Graffiti (page 2), will be out in November. Before then, readers will be able to digest the first set of scholarly studies of the events of the last eighteen months in Arab Spring in Egypt (page 5), edited by leading political scientists Bahgat Korany and Rabab El-Mahdi. With a longer perspective, another group of scholars and historians reassess another pivotal moment in recent history, on its seventieth anniversary, in El Alamein and the Struggle for North Africa (page 8), edited by Jill Edwards. And our history offerings this season go back through the second half of the first mil- lennium (The Red Sea from Byzantium to the Caliphate, page 14) to ancient Egypt with Barry Kemp’s definitive account of the findings from Amarna, The City of Akhenaten and Nefertiti (page 16), and Miroslav Verner’s sensitive understanding of the role and function of the pharaonic temples and cult cen- ters, Temple of the World (page 22). In a publishing milestone, Ancient Nubia (page 20) presents the most complete survey ever made of the archaeology, history, and ancient culture of an under-studied but vital region. Prominent Coptologist Gawdat Gabra brings together the leading schol- ars of Coptic studies in another landmark publication, the comprehensive and fully illustrated Coptic Civilization (page 26), while with a different team, and with the lens of photographer Sherif Sonbol, Dr. Gabra celebrates the shared cultural heritage of Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Egypt, in The History and Religious Heritage of Old Cairo (page 28). There are new offerings in both fiction—with newly translated novels from Saudi Arabia and Egypt (pages 31–35)—and Arabic learning materials, for both the Modern Standard (MSA) and Egyptian Colloquial (ECA) forms of the language (pages 36–39). And introducing a new series of colorful, informative Nature Foldouts for anyone interested in the country’s environment and wildlife are Birds of the Nile Valley and Egypt’s Flora and Fauna (pages 40–41). All this and more add up to another exciting seasonal list from the AUC Press: we hope you will like the range and quality of our new books, as well as the fresh new look of our catalog. Dr. Nigel Fletcher-Jones [email protected] Catalog_Fall2012_FINAL:Fall2012 8/14/12 6:04 PM Page 2

Popular Culture / Modern Egypt

Revolution Graffiti Street Art of the New Egypt Mia Gröndahl

A visual celebration of the art and artists of the walls of the new Egypt, by the photographer of Gaza Graffiti and Tahrir Square

The Egyptian Revolution that began on 25 January 2011 immediately gave rise to a wave of popular political and social expression in the form of graffiti and street art, phe- nomena that were almost unknown in the country under the old regime. Mia Gröndahl, the photographer of Gaza Graf- fiti: Messages of Love and Politics and Tahrir Square: The Heart of the Egyptian Revolution, has followed and docu- mented the constantly and rapidly changing graffiti art of the new Egypt from its beginnings, and here in more than 200 full-color images celebrates the imagination, the skill, the humor, and the political will of the young artists and activists who have claimed the walls of Cairo and other Egyptian cities as their canvas. From the simplest hand-written messages, through stencils and martyr portraits, to the elaborate murals of Mohamed Mahmoud Street, the messages on the walls are presented in themed sections—Revolution & Freedom, Egyptian & Proud, Martyrs & Heroes, Cross & Crescent, Think & Think Again— punctuated by interviews with some of the individual artists whose work has broken fresh ground.

Mia Gröndahl is a Swedish journalist based in Cairo, and the photographer of In Hope and Despair: Life in the Palestinian Refugee Camps (AUC Press, 2003), Gaza Graffiti: Messages of Love and Politics (AUC Press, 2009), and Tahrir Square: The heart of the Egyptian Revolution 224pp. Pbk. 24x21 cm. 500 illus. November. (AUC Press, 2011). 978-977-416-576-4. LE200 / $34.50. World

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Street Art of the New Egypt Calendar 2013 Photographs by Mia Gröndahl

12pp. 28x22 cm. September. 978-121-313-231-3. LE60 / $9.95. World.

Also by Mia Gröndahl:

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Modern Egypt

Egypt in the Era of Hosni Mubarak Galal Amin

A new paperback edition of the incisive book from the author of Whatever Happened to the Egyptians?

Galal Amin once again turns his attention to the shaping of Egyptian society and the Egyptian state in the half-century and more that has elapsed since the Nasserite revolution, this time focusing on the era of President Mubarak. He looks at corruption, poverty, the plight of the middle class, and of course, the economy, and directs his penetrating gaze toward the Mubarak regime’s uneasy relationship with the relatively free press it encouraged, the vexing issue of presidential succession, and Egypt’s relations with the Arab world and the United States. Addressing such themes from the perspective of an active par- ticipant in Egyptian intellectual life throughout the era, Galal Amin portrays the Mubarak regime’s stance in the domestic and international arenas as very much a product of history, which, while not exonerating the regime, certainly helps to explain it.

Prominent Egyptian economist and historical commen- tator Galal Amin presents this new history of contempo- rary Egypt documenting the politics, international ‘‘relations, and social and intellectual history of the Mubarak era.” —Reference and Research Book News

“[A] tremendous read.”—Al Ahram Weekly

“Perceptive and insightful.”—The Global Ministries Also by Galal Amin: “Recommended.”—Choice

Galal aMin is emeritus professor of econom- ics at the American University in Cairo. He is the author of Whatever Happened to the Egyptians? (AUC Press, 2000), Whatever Else Happened to the Egyptians? (AUC Press, 2004), and The Illusion of Progress in the Arab 180pp. Pbk. October. World (AUC Press, 2006). 978-977-416-567-2. LE75 / $16.95. World.

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Modern Egypt

Arab Spring in Egypt Edited by Bahgat Korany Revolution and Beyond and Rabab El-Mahdi

The important issues and conditions that gave rise to the Arab Spring and transitions in Egypt, in one of the first books on the subject from prominent scholars in the field

Beginning in Tunisia, and spreading to as many as seventeen Arab countries, the street protests of the ‘Arab Spring’ in 2011 empowered citizens and ban- ished their fear of speaking out against governments. The Arab Spring belied Arab exceptionalism, widely assumed to be the natural state of stagnation in the Arab world amid global change and progress. The collapse in February 2011 of the regime in the region’s most populous country, Egypt, led to key questions of why, how, and with what consequences did this occur? Inspired by the “contentious politics” school and Social Movement Theory, The Arab Spring in Egypt addresses these issues, examining the reasons behind the collapse of Egypt’s authoritarian regime; analyzing the group dynamics in Tahrir Square of various factions: labor, youth, Islamists, and women; describ- ing economic and external issues and comparing Egypt’s transition with that of Indonesia; and reflecting on the challenges of transition.

Contributors: Holger Albrecht Dina Bishara Sheila Carapico Ibrahim El Houdaiby Hazem Kandil bahGat Korany is professor of international rela- Bahgat Korany tions and political economy at the American University in Cairo, and director of the AUC Ann M. Lesch Forum. He is the editor (with Ali E. Hillal Rabab El-Mahdi Dessouki) of The Foreign Policies of Arab States Javed Maswood (AUC Press, 2008). Usha Natarajan Dina Shehata Hania Sholkamy rabab El-Mahdi is a visiting assistant profes- sor in the Department of Political Science at Nadine Sika the American University in Cairo, and the co- Samer Soliman editor of Egypt Moment of Change (AUC Press, 2009).

384pp. Hbd. October. 978-977-416-536-8. LE180 / $34.95. World.

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Urban Studies

Popular Housing and Urban Land Tenure in the Middle East Edited by Myriam Ababsa, Case Studies from Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey Baudouin Dupret, and Eric Denis

When governments fail them, how citizens organize and build their own communities

Irregular or illegal housing constitutes the ordinary condition of popular urban housing in the Middle East. Considering the conditions of daily practices related to land and tenure mobilization and of housing, neighborhood shap- ing, transactions, and conflict resolution, this book offers a new reading of gov- ernment action in the cities of Amman, Beirut, Damascus, Istanbul, and Cairo, focusing on the participation of ordinary citizens and their interactions with state apparatus specifically located within the urban space. The book adopts a praxeological approach to law that describes how inhabitants define and exer- cise their legality in practice and daily routines. The ambition of the volume is to restore the continuum in the consolidation, building after building, of the popular neighborhoods of the cities under study, while demonstrating the closely-knit social relationships and other forms of community bonding.

Contributors: Myriam Ababsa, Valérie Clerc, Agnès Deboulet, Eric Denis, Bau- douin Dupret , Myriam Ferrier, Zuhayr Ghazzal, Falk Jaehnigen, Franziska Laue, Etienne Lena, Jean-François Pérouse, Marion Séjourné, Ward Vloeberghs

MyriaM ababsa is a research fellow in social baudouin duprEt is a research fellow at the geography at the French Institute for the Near French National Center for Scientific Research, East in Amman. Her work focuses on the based in Paris, and a lecturer in Islamic law impact of public policies on regional and urban and socio-legal sciences at the University of development in Jordan and Syria. Louvain. He has published extensively in the fields of the sociology and anthropology of law, legislation, and media, especially in the Middle East.

EriC dEnis is a senior research fellow affiliated with the French National Center for Scientific Research, and is based at the French Institute in Pondicherry, India. He has published widely in the field of urban studies and geography of the Middle East. 352pp. Hbd. 57 b/w illus. September. 978-977-416-540-5. LE180 / $39.50.World.

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Social Studies

Ray Bush Marginality and Exclusion in Egypt and Habib Ayeb

An insightful reading of the conditions that led to the struggle of the Egyptian people against a devastating neoliberal economic system

What does it mean to be marginalized? Is it a passive condition that the dis- advantaged simply have to endure? Or is it a manufactured label, re-produced and by its nature transitory? In the wake of the new Egyptian revolution, this insightful collection explores issues of power, politics and inequality in Egypt and the Middle East. It argues that the notion of marginality tends to mask the true power relations that per- petuate poverty and exclusion. It is these dynamic processes of political and economic transformation that need explanation. The book provides a revealing analysis of key areas of the Egyptian political economy such as labour, urbanization and the creation of slums, disability, refugees, street children and agrarian livelihoods, reaching the impactful con- clusion that marginalization does not mean total exclusion. What is marginal- ized can be called upon to play a dynamic part in the future—as is the case with the revolution that toppled President Mubarak.

Contributors: This lively debate is a valuable contribution to understand- Habib Ayeb ing the underside of the neoliberal phase of capitalism in Asef Bayat Egypt.”—Joel Beinin, Stanford University Ray Bush ‘‘ Moushira Elgeziri Kamal Fahmi Heba Hagrass ray bush is professor of African studies and Ali Kadri development politics at the University of Leeds. Rabab El-Mahdi He is the author of Poverty and Neoliberalism: Saker El Nour Persistence and Reproduction in the Global Reem Saad South and deputy chair of The Review of African Dalia Wahdan Political Economy.

habib ayeb is a researcher at the Social Research Center of the American University in Cairo.

256pp. Pbk. November. 978-977-416-577-1. LE150 / $29.95. Egypt.

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Military History

El Alamein and the Struggle for North Africa Edited by International Perspectives from the Twenty-first Century Jill Edwards

A new set of studies of issues surrounding the pivotal battle on its 70th anniversary

This new collection of studies presents fresh insights into a war fought over unusually difficult terrain and with exceptional supply demands. From the ongoing Italian geomorphic study of the Alamein arena to individual memo- ries of non-combatant Alexandrians, from the Free French to the seasoned colo- nial forces of Australia, India, New Zealand, and South Africa, and from vital naval engagements and the siege of Malta to the study of Rommel’s leadership and the Churchill–Montgomery duo, this book presents the reader with a detailed yet broad reassessment of the complexities of the war in North Africa between 1941 and 1943, its technology, philosophy, military doctrine, strategy, tactics, logistics, and the associated local and international politics. Writing from the perspectives of some of the many nations whose armies were involved in the conflict, fifteen historians bring to their work the precision of their national historical archival sources in clear and spritely narratives.

Jill Edwards is professor of history at the American University in Cairo. Her many pub- lications on modern history include Al- Alamein Revisited: The Battle at al-Alamein and its Historical Implications (AUC Press, 2000), and Historians in Cairo: Essays in 272pp. Pbk. October. Honor of George Scanlon (AUC Press, 2002). 978-977-416-581-8. LE150 / $34.50. World.

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Contents Foreword William Roger Louis Introduction Jill Edwards 1. The War in North Africa, 1940–43: An Overview of the Role of the Union of South Africa James Jacobs 2. Training the Troops: The Indian Army in Egypt, Eritrea, and Libya, 1940–42 Alan Jeffreys

3. “The Part We Played in This Show”: Australians and El Alamein Peter Stanley 4. “No Model Campaign”: the Second New Zealand Division and the Battle of El Alamein, October–December 1942 Glyn Harper 5. 1942, The Free French in the Battle for North Africa: Military Action and Its Political Presentation Rémy Porte 6. Between History and Geography: The El Alamein Project: Research, Findings, and Results Aldino Bondesan 7. Silent Service: The Royal Navy and the Desert Victory Nick Hewitt 8. Feeding the Fortress: Malta, Summer 1942 Thomas Scheben 9. “The Highest Rule”: Rommel as Military Genius Antulio J. Echevarria II 10. High Command in the Desert Niall Barr 11. Alexandrians Tell Their Story: Oral Narratives of the War in North Africa 1940–43 Sahar Hamouda and Mohamed Awad 12. The Battle of El Alamein: Impressions of a Young Schoolboy in Alexandria Harry Tzalas

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History

The Turks in Egypt Ekmeleddin ihsanoglu and Their Cultural Legacy Translated by Humphrey Davies

An analysis of the cultural role played by the printed word in Turkish-ruled Egypt

Though Egypt was ruled by Turkish-speakers through most of the period from the ninth century until 1952, the impact of Turkish culture there remains under- studied. This book deals with the period from 1805 to 1952, during which Turk- ish cultural patterns, spread through reforms based on those of Istanbul, may have touched more Egyptians than ever before. An examination of the books, newspapers, and other written materials produced in Turkish, including trans- lations, and of the presses involved, reveals the rise and decline of Turkish cul- ture in government, the military, education, literature, music, and everyday life. The author also describes the upsurge in Turkish writing generated by Young Turk exiles from 1895 to 1909. Included is a CD containing Appendices of extensive bibliographic infor- mation concerning books and periodicals printed in Egypt during this period.

EKMElEddin ihsanoğlu is the secretary general of the Organization of the Islamic Confer- ence. The Arabic edition of this book was awarded the Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Interna- tional Award for Translation in 2008. He was the founding director of IRCICA.

huMphrEy daviEs is the translator of The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany (AUC Press, 2004) and other works of Arabic litera- ture. He has twice received the Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Original Arabic title: al-Atrak fi Misr wa-turathhum al-thaqafiy Translation. 448pp. Hbd + CD. 140 illus. October. 978-977-416-397-5. LE400 / $95. World.

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Classic History

An Account of the Manners and Edward William Lane Customs of the Modern Egyptians Introduced by Jason Thompson

A new paperback edition of the classic study of Egyptians in the nineteenth century

Few works about the Middle East have exerted such wide and long-lasting influence as Edward William Lane’s An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians. First published in 1836, this classic book has never gone out of print, continuously providing material and inspiration for genera- tions of scholars, writers, and travelers, who have praised its comprehensive- ness, detail, and perception. Yet the editions in print during most of the twentieth century would not have met Lane’s approval. Lacking parts of Lane’s text and many of his original illustrations (while adding many that were not his), they were based on what should have been ephemeral editions, published long after the author’s death. Meanwhile, the definitive fifth edition of 1860, the result of a quarter century of Lane’s corrections, reconsiderations, and addi- tions, long ago disappeared from bookstore shelves. Now the 1860 edition of Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians is available again, with a use- ful general introduction by Jason Thompson. Lane’s greatest work enters the twenty-first century in precisely the form that he wanted.

Edward williaM lanE (1801–76), a name known to almost everyone in all the many fields of Mid- dle East studies, was the author of a number of highly influential works: An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians (1836), his translation of The Thousand and One Nights (1839–41), Selections from the Kur-an (1843), and the Arabic–English Lexicon (1863– 93). In 2000, his long-forgotten manuscript Description of Egypt was published for the first time by the AUC Press.

Jason thoMpson is currently a visiting professor at Bates College. He is the editor of Lane’s Description of Egypt (AUC Press, 2000) and the author of A History of Egypt: From Earliest Times to the Present (AUC Press, 2008) and Edward William Lane, 1801-76 (AUC Press, 2010). 620pp. Pbk. September. 978-977-416-560-3. LE120 / $29.95. World.

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Free e-Book

Edited and translated by A Muslim Manual of War George T. Scanlon being Tafrij al-kurub fi tadbir al-hurub by With a new Introduction by the author and a ‘Umar ibn Ibrahim al-Awsi al-Ansari Foreword by Carole Hillenbrand

Free online facsimile anniversary edition

One of the first three books published by the AUC Press after its founding in 1960 was A Muslim Manual of War, an annotated editing and translation of a hitherto little-known fifteenth-century Arabic manuscript on the art of war, pre- pared by George Scanlon, then embarking on his career to become one of the most respected scholars in the field of Islamic art, architecture, archaeology, and history. Now, in celebration of 50 years of the AUC Press, and in honor of Professor Scanlon’s recent retirement after an illustrious career, most recently as professor of Islamic art and architecture in the Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations at the American University in Cairo, the AUC Press is proud to make available once again this long out-of-print book, as a freely accessible scanned facsimile with a new Introduction by the author and a Foreword by eminent scholar Carole Hillenbrand, a former student of Professor Scanlon.

GEorGE t. sCanlon is professor emeritus of Islamic art and architecture in the Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations at the American University in Cairo.

CarolE hillEnbrand, obE is professor of Islamic history at the Uni- 246pp. . September. versity of Edinburgh. 978-1-61797-111-2. Free on our website. World.

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Biography

The Caliph of Cairo Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, 996–1021 Paul E. Walker

A new paperback edition of the most comprehensive biography to date of the controversial Fatimid ruler

One night in the year 411/1021, the powerful ruler of the Fatimid empire, al- Hakim bi-Amr Allah, rode out of the southern gates of Cairo and was never seen again. Was the caliph murdered, or could he have decided to abandon his royal life, wandering off to live alone and anonymous? Whatever the truth, the fact was that al-Hakim had literally vanished into the desert. Yet al-Hakim, though shrouded in mystery, has never been forgotten. To the Druze, he was (and is) God, and his disappearance merely indicated his reversion to non- human form. For Ismailis, al-Hakim was the sixteenth imam, descended from the Prophet, and infallible. Jews and Christians, by contrast, long remembered him as their persecutor, who ordered the destruction of many of their syna- gogues and churches. Using all the tools of modern scholarship, Paul Walker offers the most balanced and engaging biography yet to be published of this endlessly fascinating individual. To some, al-Hakim was God incarnate, to others an infallible imam, to still others he was a capricious tyrant. This book examines myth and fact, document and opinion, to present the most complete and detailed history yet written of the life and times of one of the medieval Islamic world’s most controversial figures.

Walker’s work is a well-researched, unbiased and engaging exposé of a melodramatic subject. . . . A fascinating aspect of Walker’s study is his attempt to position in proper historical ‘‘context the precise role women played in the Fatimid period. This particular debate has never been more urgent. . . . The author’s sources are multifarious and variegated.” —Al Ahram Weekly

paul E. walKEr is deputy director for academic programs, Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago and a historian of ideas specializing in medieval Islamic history.

336pp. Pbk. October. 978-977-416-568-9. LE120 / $24.95. World.

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Economic History

The Red Sea from Byzantium to the Caliphate AD 500–1000 Timothy Power

A new perspective on a vital period of history

This book examines the historic process traditionally referred to as the fall of Rome and rise of Islam from the perspective of the Red Sea, a strategic water- way linking the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean and a distinct region incor- porating Africa with Arabia. The transition from Byzantium to the Caliphate is contextualized in the contestation of regional hegemony between Aksumite Ethiopia, Sasanian Iran, and the Islamic Hijaz. The economic stimulus associ- ated with Arab colonization is then considered, including the foundation of ports and roads linking new metropolises and facilitating commercial expan- sion, particularly gold mining and the slave trade. Finally, the economic inher- itance of the Fatimids and the formation of the commercial networks glimpsed in the Cairo Geniza are contextualized in the diffusion of the Abbasid ‘bour- geois revolution’ and resumption of the ’India trade’ under the Tulunids and Ziyadids. Timothy Power’s careful analysis reveals the complex cultural and economic factors that provided a fertile ground for the origins of the Islamic civilization to take root in the Red Sea region, offering a new perspective on a vital period of history.

The natural environment of the Red Sea region was neither as barren nor as dangerous as has traditionally been understood. While the littoral itself was not nearly so readily ‘‘productive as that of the Mediterranean or the Indian Ocean, its hinterland possessed considerable mineral wealth and significant supplies of black slaves, and moreover included such densely populated centers of manufacture and consumption as Egypt and Yemen. This lends an internal dynamic to the Red Sea, wherein the rise and demise of ports was associated with regional demand for local produce, in addition to the vicissitudes of the transit traffic of a ‘sea on the way to somewhere else.’”

tiMothy powEr is the lecturer in Islamic archaeology at the University College London, Qatar. He was previously a consultant to the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage. He has worked on numerous archaeological excavations in Egypt, Yemen, and the United 384pp. Hbd. 8 maps. October. Arab Emirates. 978-977-416-544-3. LE180 / $34.50. World.

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Illustrated History

The Bazaar in the Islamic City Edited by Design, Culture, and History Mohammad Gharipour

A comprehensive study of the fascinating Middle Eastern and Arab bazaar

The Middle Eastern bazaar is much more than a context for commerce: the studies in this book illustrate that markets, regardless of their loca- tion, scale, and permanency, have also played important cultural roles within their societies, reflecting historical evolution, industrial devel- opment, social and political conditions, urban morphology, and archi- tectural functions. This interdisciplinary volume explores the dynamics of the bazaar with a number of case studies from Cairo, Damascus, Aleppo, Nablus, Bursa, Istanbul, Sana’a, Kabul, Tehran, and Yazd. Although they share some contextual and functional characteristics, each bazaar has its own unique and fascinating history, traditions, cul- tural practices, and structure. One of the most intriguing aspects revealed in this volume is the thread of continuity from past to present exhibited by the bazaar as a forum where a society meets and inter- mingles in the practice of goods exchange—a social and cultural ritual that is as old as human history.

MohaMMad Gharipour teaches at the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Mor- gan State University. He has published widely on the history of Islamic architecture and urban design, and is the director and founding editor of the International Journal of 320pp. 19 x 24cm. 80 illus. October. Islamic Architecture. 978-977-416-529-0. LE200 / $39.95. World.

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Egyptology

The City of Akhenaten and Nefertiti Amarna and Its People Barry Kemp

The long-awaited insight into the site of Amarna, by its leading excavator

The ancient site of Tell el-Amarna in Middle Egypt was the capital city of the heretic pharaoh Akhenaten and his chief consort, Nefertiti. Occu- pied for just sixteen or so years in the fourteenth century BC, the city lay largely abandoned and forgotten until excavations over the last hun- dred years brought it back into prominence. Based on more than three decades of research and excavation by Barry Kemp, the world author- ity on the city and its enigmatic pharaoh, this definitive account pro- vides new insight into Amarna and its people. Professor Kemp brings to life the royal family and their offspring, including Tutankhamun, as well as prominent citizens such as the high priest Panehsy, the vizier Nakht, the general Ramose, and the sculptor Thutmose. It is a tour de force of archaeological writing, brilliantly illustrated with more than 260 pho- tographs, evocative line drawings, and reconstructions by the author. 290 illustrations, 53 in color.

barry KEMp is emeritus professor of Egyptology at Cambridge University. He has been conduct- ing research and excavation at Amarna since 1977.

320pp. Hbd. 19x25 cm. 287 illus. October. 978-977-416-573-3. LE300 / $49.50. Middle East.

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Contents 1 Building a Vision

2 Akhenaten’s Resources

3 The City of the Sun-God

4 The Apartments of Pharaoh

5 City of People

6 The Quality of Life

7 Spiritual Life at Amarna

8 What Kind of City? 9 An End and a Beginning

Visiting Amarna Chronology

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Biography and Egyptology

Cracking the Egyptian Code The Revolutionary Life of Jean-François Champollion Andrew Robinson

A spirited account of a fascinating subject: the birth of Egyptology

In this first biography in English of the Frenchman who unlocked the secret of the hieroglyphs, the author describes how Champollion started with Egyptian obelisks in Rome and papyri in European collections, sailed the Nile for a year, studied the tombs in the Valley of the Kings, and carefully compared the three scripts on the Rosetta Stone to penetrate the mystery of the hieroglyphic text. This extensively illustrated book also brings to life the rivalry between Cham- pollion and the English scientist Thomas Young, who claimed credit for launch- ing the decipherment, which Champollion hotly denied. There is much more to Champollion’s life than the Rosetta Stone, and the author gives equal weight to the many roles the Frenchman played in his tragically brief life, from a teenage professor in Revolutionary France to a curator at the Louvre.

andrEw robinson is a visiting fellow of Wolf- son College, Cambridge, literary editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement, and author of more than twenty books.

A Thames & Hudson publication 320pp. Hbd. 90 illus. September. 978-0-5000-5171-9. LE200 / $34.95. Middle East.

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Popular Egyptology

The Pharaoh Life at Court and on Campaign Garry J. Shaw

A lively and fully illustrated presentation of the daily life of an Egyptian king

The first book to convey the full experience of what it was actually like to be pharaoh one of the most powerful rulers of the ancient world, Garry Shaw covers, through eight themed chapters, all aspects of the realities of pharaohs life, from mornings waking in the palace to evenings spent banqueting, with all his duties and activities in between. This vividly written and authoritative account provides new insights into key official ceremonies, including the accession and coronation, and the pomp and protocol of an audience before the king, and is sup- plemented by numerous box features, from the internal decoration of pyramids and the women who became pharaoh, to pharaonic pets, as well as quotations from contemporary sources and a complete king list with brief biographies of the major pharaohs. Beautifully illustrated with a wide range of images, most in colour, including temples and tombs, reliefs and wall paintings, jewelry and statues, line drawings and reconstructions, maps and plans, this book charts the development of a uniquely Egyptian vision of kingship, exem- plified by the men and women who ascended the throne from mythical beginnings and the first ruler of a unified country, through renowned and supreme monarchs such as Khufu, Seti I and Ramesses II, to the decadence of the all-too human Ptolemies and pharaonic kingships last gasp under Roman rule.

Garry J. shaw obtained his doctorate in Egyp- tology at the University of Liverpool, where he is now an honorary fellow, and has taught at the American University in Cairo. He is the author of Royal Authority in Egypt’s Eighteenth Dynasty and acts as editor and staff writer for 224pp. Pbk. 19x25 cm. 234 illus. October. the magazine al-Rawi, Egypt’s Heritage 978-977-416-574-0. LE180 / $24.95. Middle East. Review.

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Illustrated Archaeology

Edited by Marjorie M. Fisher, Peter Lacovara, Salima Ikram, and Sue D’Auria Ancient Nubia Photographs by Chester Higgins Jr African Kingdoms on the Nile Foreword by Zahi Hawass

A lushly illustrated gazetteer of the archaeological sites of southern Egypt and northern Sudan

For most of the modern world, ancient Nubia seems an unknown and enigmatic land. Only a handful of archaeologists have studied its his- tory or unearthed the Nubian cities, temples, and cemeteries that once dotted the landscape of southern Egypt and northern Sudan. Nubia’s remote setting in the midst of an inhospitable desert, with access by river blocked by impassable rapids, has lent it not only an air of mys- tery, but also isolated it from exploration. Over the past century, par- ticularly during this last generation, scholars have begun to focus more attention on the fascinating cultures of ancient Nubia, ironically prompted by the construction of large dams that have flooded vast tracts of the ancient land. This book attempts to document some of what has recently been dis- covered about ancient Nubia, with its remarkable history, architecture, and culture, and thereby to give us a picture of this rich, but unfamil- iar, African legacy.

MarJoriE M. FishEr is adjunct assistant pEtEr laCovara is senior curator of ancient professor of Egyptology at the University Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern art at of Michigan. the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University.

saliMa iKraM is professor of Egyptology at suE d’auria is a former associate curator at the American University in Cairo. the Huntington Museum of Art.

472pp. Hbd. 23 x 30cm. 200 color illus. September. 978-977-416-478-1. LE300 / $59.95. World.

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Essays on: The Land of Nubia History of Nubia GazEttEEr oF sitEs Early Exploration and Archaeology Gebel Qeili • Naqa • Musawwarat al-Sufra • Wad ban Naqa Saving Nubia’s Legacy al-Hobagi • Muweis • al-Hassa • Hamadab • Meroe • Dangeil Archaeological Salvage Nuri • Gebel Barkal • al-Kurru • Kawa • Tabo • Kerma • Tombos Art and Architecture Nauri • Sesebi • Soleb • Sedeinga • Sai Island • Amara West Kings and Kingship Gammai • Gebel Sheikh Suleiman • Second Cataract Forts Religion C-Group • Qustul • Ballana • Abu Simbel • Arminna West and Burial Customs Arminna East • Toshka East and Toshka West • Qasr Ibrim Texts and Writing Karanog • Derr • Amada • Wadi al-Sebua • Maharraqa • Dakka Daily Life Gerf Hussein • Dendua Beit al-Wali • Kalabsha • Taffeh Women Qertassi • Debod • Philae • Elephantine and Aswan Adornment Ceramics Animals

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Egyptology and Ancient Religion

Temple of the World Miroslav Verner Sanctuaries, Cults, and Mysteries of Ancient Egypt Translated by Anna Bryson-Gustová

A thorough study of the Egyptian temple and its complex character from a prominent Egyptologist

Despite the prominence of ancient temples in the landscape of Egypt, books about them are surprisingly rare; this new and essential publication from a prominent Czech scholar answers the need for a study that goes beyond tem- ple architecture to examine the spiritual, economic and political aspects of these specific institutions and the dominant roles they played. Miroslav Verner presents a deeper and more complex study of major ancient Egyptian religious centers, their principle temples, their rise and decline, their religious doctrines, cults, rituals, feasts, and mysteries. Also discussed are the various categories of priests, the organization of the priesthood, and its daily services and customs. Each chapter offers the reader essential and up-to-date information about temple complexes and the history of their archaeological exploration, in the context of the spiritual dimension and cultural legacy of ancient Egypt.

Also by Miroslav Verner:

Miroslav vErnEr is an Egyptologist, archaeolo- gist and epigrapher, who has been working in archaeological excavation and research in Egypt since 1964. He has published thirteen academic monographs, mainly in foreign languages, and over a hundred and twenty academic articles. He is currently directing the Czech archaeologi- cal excavations in Abusir.

anna bryson-Gustová, who has a BA and DPhil in history from Oxford University, has lived in the Czech Republic for twenty 568pp. Hbd. 120 illus. January. years. She is a writer, editor, and translator in the field of history and culture. 978-977-416-563-4. LE250 / $59.95. World.

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Contents

Preface Acknowledgments

1. The Temple of the World First Excursus: Ordinary Days and Feast Days 2. Heliopolis: The City of the Sun 3. The White Wall 4. Hermopolis: The City of the Eight 5. The Kingdom of Amun Second Excursus: The Great Festivals of the King of the Gods 6. Amarna: City of the Heretic 7. Tanis: The Thebes of the North 8. Abydos: The Sacred Land Third Excursus: Osirian 9. Philae: The Pearl of Egypt 10. Edfu: The Throne of Horus 11. Dendera and the Golden Goddess Fourth Excursus: The Lady of the Turquoise 12. Alexander’s City by Egypt Final Excursus: A Brief Outline of the Overall Architectural History of the Ancient Egypt- ian Temple

Glossary Bibliography Chronological Table Index

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Egyptology

Scribe of Justice Edited by Zahi Hawass, Egyptological Studies in honour of Shafik Allam Khaled A. Daoud, and Annales du Service des Antiquités de l’Egypte, Cahier 42 Ramadan B. Hussein

A new collection of studies on a wide range of Egyptological topics

Celebrating the career of Shafik Allam, an Egyptologist known for his expert- ise in ancient Egyptian legal theory and practice, this collection of articles offered by leading scholars explores such diverse subjects as a reading of the psychology of a sly stone carver in the deliberately clumsy work on an unfin- ished tomb in Saqqara; the echoes of ancient Egyptian beliefs and superstitions that are found today in certain folkloric practices and folktales; and an exam- ination of the interior walls of Khufu’s pyramid that through analysis of the camouflaging techniques used on them proposes a more complex architecture inside the great structure than has been previously understood.

zahi hawass is the former Minister of State for Antiquities, and the author of many books on ancient Egypt.

Contributors: Mohamed Abdelrahiem, Mahmoud Afifi, Hartwig Altenmüller, Jacques Bardot, Francine Darmon, Ladislav Bares, Edda Bresciani, Francis Breyer , Edward KhalEd daoud is an honorary research fellow at the School of Archaeology, Classics, and Brovarski, Sue Davies, Wolfgang Decker, Mahmoud Egyptology of Liverpool University, and man- Ebeid, Ahmad El-Nassari , Ramadan El Sayed, Ingrid aging editor of the publications of the Egypt- Gamer-Wallert, Fayza Haikal, Zahi Hawass, James K. ian Ministry of State for Antiquities. Hoffmeier, Ramadan B. Hussein, Naguib Kanawati, Dieter Kessler, Dieter Kurth, Martin Cary J., Ludwig D. Morenz, Karol Mysliwiec, Hassan Nasr el-Dine, Ali Radwan and H.S. Smith raMadan b. hussEin currently works for Egypt’s Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) in the Department of Publications. He has excavated at Saqqara, Bahariya Oasis, and the Giza Plateau. A Ministry of State for Antiquities publication 356pp. Pbk. 17x24 cm. 100 illus. September. 978-977-704-693-0. LE180 / $34.50. World.

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Coptic Studies

Christianity and Monasticism Edited by Gawdat Gabra in Aswan and Nubia and Hany Takla

The legacies of the Coptic Christian presence in Aswan and Nubia from the fourth century to the present day

Christianity and monasticism have flourished along the Nile Valley in the Aswan region of Upper Egypt and in what was once Nubia, from as early as the fourth century until the present day. The contributors to this volume, interna- tional specialists in Coptology from around the world, examine various aspects of Coptic civilization in Aswan and Nubia over the past centuries. The com- plexity of Christian identity in Nubia, as distinct from Egypt, is examined in the context of church ritual and architecture. Many of the studies explore Cop- tic material culture: inscriptions, art, architecture, and archaeology; and lan- guage and literature. The archaeological and artistic heritage of monastic sites in Edfu, Aswan, Makuria, and Kom Ombo are highlighted, attesting to their important legacies in the region.

Contributors: Anke Ilona Blöbaum, Renate Dekker, Jitse H.F. Dijkstra, James E. Goehring, Włodzimierz Godlewski, Metropolitan Hidra, Karel C. Innemée, Mary Kupelian, Bishop Martyros, Nashaat Mekhaiel, Howard Middleton-Jones, Samuel Moawad, Ashraf Nageh, Fr. Angeleous el-Naqlouny, Atif Naguib, Elisabeth O’Connell, Siegfried G. Richter, Adel Sadek, Ashraf Alexandre Sadek, Fr. Bigoul al-Suriany, Jacques van der Vliet, Gertrud J.M. van Loon, Fr. Awad Wadi, Youhanna Nessim Youssef

Gawdat Gabra is the former director of the Coptic Museum and the author, coauthor, or editor of numerous books on the history and culture of Egyptian Christianity, including The Treasures of Coptic Art (AUC Press, 2006) and The History and Religious Heritage of Old Cairo (AUC Press, 2012). He is currently visit- ing professor of Coptic studies at Claremont Graduate University, California.

hany n. taKla is the founding president of the Saint Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society.

352pp. Hbd. 91 b/w illus. January. 978-977-416-561-0. LE180 / $39.50. World.

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Religious History / Reference

Coptic Civilization Two Thousand Years of Christianity in Egypt Edited by Gawdat Gabra

A comprehensive cultural history of the Copts and their rich contributions of literature, art and architecture, material arts and music

Egypt’s Copts make up one of the oldest and largest Chris- tian communities in the Middle East. Yet despite the avail- ability of a large number of books on aspects of Coptic culture, including art and architecture, monasticism, theol- ogy, and music, there is to date no single volume that pro- vides a comprehensive cultural history of the Copts and their achievements. Coptic Civilization aims to fill this gap, by introducing the general reader, the interested non-special- ist, to Coptic culture in all its variety and multi-faceted rich- ness. With contributions by twenty scholars, Coptic Civilization includes chapters on monasticism, the Coptic language, Coptic literature, Christian Arabic literature, the objects and documents of daily life, magic, art and archi- tecture, and textiles, as well as the history of Coptic Church, its liturgy, theology, and music.

Contributors: Dominique Bénazeth, Lois Farag, Cäcilia Fluck, Peter Grossmann, Gisele Helmecke, Magdalena Kuhn, Marvin Meyer, Samuel Moawad, Elisabeth R. O’Connell, Monica René, Tonio Sebastian Richter, Saad Michael Saad, Mark Sheridan, Mark N. Swanson, Hany N. Takla, Jacques van der Vliet, Nelly van Doorn-Harder, Gertrud J.M. van Loon, Youhanna Nessim Youssef, Ewa D. Zakrzewska

Gawdat Gabra is the former director of the Coptic Museum and the author, coauthor, or editor of numerous books on the history and culture of Egyptian Christianity, including The Treasures of Coptic Art (AUC Press, 2006) and The History and Religious Heritage of Old Cairo (AUC Press, 2012). He is currently visiting professor of Coptic studies 272pp. Hbd. 23.5x28.5 cm. 184 illus. January. at Claremont Graduate University, California. 978-977-416-547-4. LE250 / $49.50. World

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Contents

history Historiography Coptic Church History Monasticism

theology, liturgy, and Music Alexandrian Theology from Athanasius the Great to Timothy II: A Historical Survey of Coptic Orthodox Theology Liturgy in the Coptic Church Coptic Music Culture: Tradition—Structure and Variation

language and literature The Coptic Language Gnosticism and Manichaeism in Egypt The Coptic Bible Coptic Literature Daily Life: Documentary Evidence Warding Off Evil, Attracting Charm: Magic in Late-antique and Early-medieval Egypt Copto-Arabic Literature

art, archaeology, and Material Culture The Discovery of Christian Egypt: From Manuscript Hunters toward an Archaeology of Late-antique Egypt Christian Architecture in Egypt Decoration of Coptic Churches Objects of Daily Life Egypt’s Post-pharaonic Textiles

renaissance of the Coptic Church The Coptic Church Today Contemporary Coptic Art Coptic Civilization in the Diaspora

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Illustrated Architecture and Religious History

Gawdat Gabra and Gertrud J.M. van Loon The Churches of Egypt Edited by Carolyn Ludwig From the Journey of the Holy Family to the Present Day Photographs by Sherif Sonbol

New flexibound edition of this stunning tour of Egypt's Christian houses of worship

With over 300 full-color photographs, this is the first fully illustrated book devoted to Christian houses of worship in Egypt. The text incorporates the latest research to comple- ment the broad geographic scope covering nearly all signif- icant Coptic sites throughout the country, from the ancient Coptic churches in Old Cairo to the churches in the monas- teries of Wadi al-Natrun, the Red Sea, and Upper Egypt. Churches associated with the Holy Family’s sojourn in Egypt, including Gabal al-Tayr and Dayr al-Muharraq, enrich the volume. Churches of all other Christian denominations in Egypt are also described and beautifully illustrated here. A number of Greek Orthodox churches, Evangelical Coptic, Catholic, Armenian, and Anglican churches are included. Introduc- tory chapters on the history of Christianity in Egypt, the architecture of the Coptic Church, and Coptic wall paint- ings help readers to appreciate fully the great cultural, artis- tic, and architectural heritage of Egypt’s Christians.

Gawdat Gabra is the former director of the GErtrud J.M. van loon specializes in Coptic Coptic Museum and the author, coauthor, or art and archaeology. She holds a PhD from editor of numerous books on the history and Leiden University. She is currently a fellow at culture of Egyptian Christianity, including The the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. Treasures of Coptic Art (AUC Press, 2006). He is currently visiting professor of Coptic studies at Claremont Graduate University, California.

shEriF sonbol is a highly regarded Egyptian photographer. He has contributed photographs to numerous illustrated books, including The Nile Cruise (AUC Press, 2010).

330pp. Flexibound. 25x30.5 cm. 350 color illus. November. 978-977-416-572-6. LE250 / $49.95. World.

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Illustrated Architecture and Religious History

Gawdat Gabra, Gertrud J.M. van Loon, The History and Religious Stefan Reif, Tarek Swelim Heritage of Old Cairo Edited by Carolyn Ludwig and Morris Jackson Its Fortress, Churches, Synagogue, and Mosque Photographs by Sherif Sonbol

A celebration of the history of religious life in the early Egyptian capital, in text and pictures

Just to the south of modern Cairo stands the historic enclave known as Old Cairo, which grew up in and around the Roman fortress of Babylon, and which today hosts a unique collection of monuments that attest to the shared cultural heritage of ancient Egyptians, Christians, Jews, and Muslims. In this lavishly illustrated celebration of a very special place, renowned photographer Sherif Sonbol’s remarkable images of the fortress, churches, synagogue, and mosque illuminate the living fabric of the ancient and medieval stones, while the text describes the history of Old Cairo from the time of the ancient Egyptians and the Romans to the founding of the first Muslim city of al-Fustat, focusing on the Jewish history of the area (exploring the famous Genizah documents found in the Ben Ezra Synagogue that tell so much about everyday life in medieval Egypt), the early Cop- tic Christian churches, some of the oldest in the world, and the arrival of the Muslims in the seventh century, their estab- lishment of al-Fustat on the edge of Old Cairo, and the building of the oldest mosque in Africa.

stEFan rEiF is professor emeritus of medieval Hebrew studies and fellow of St John’s College at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of many books and articles on the Jewish her- itage of Cairo.

tarEK swEliM has taught at the American University in Cairo, and is the author of diverse publications on Mamluk, Ottoman, and Roman architecture.

336pp. Hbd. 25x30.5 cm. 250 color illus. November. 978-977-416-459-0. LE300 / $59.95. World.

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Cairo Papers

Planning Egypt’s New Settlements The Politics of Spatial Inequities Dalia Wahdan

Modern urban planning where projects for public benefit have been compromised by the overriding agendas of private-interest groups and real estate development

This study critically analyzes the paradigms and practices of planning in Egypt since 1952. It interrogates the politics of national and physical planning while tracing the ideas that informed the establishment of new settlements in the country across the regimes of Nasser, Sadat, and Mubarak. Based on primary and secondary data, the study argues that under Nasser, plans often diverged from their blueprints and revealed the myth of ‘technical objectivity’ that under- pinned the planning industry. It outlines the program of new settlements under Sadat and unveils the systematic exclusion of planners from decision-making apparatuses while institutionalizing ‘profit-opportunism’ in favor of private interests. The study then demonstrates the decline of planning under Mubarak and its emergence into a ‘special purpose vehicle’ in service of real estate developments associated with neoliberal shifts of the economy and skewed toward resource and privilege concentration in the hands of a few, thus further exacerbating uneven spatial morphologies.

Cairo Papers in Social Science 32/1.

dalia wahdan is assistant professor at the School of Liberal Education, Foundation for Liberal and Management Education, in Pune, India.

112pp. Pbk. October. 978-977-416-534-4. LE20 / $19.95. World.

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Modern Arabic Literature

Fahd al-Atiq A Saudi Arabian Novel Life on Hold Translated by Jonathan Wright

A look inside life in Riyadh, where a family grapples with the dichotomies of modern society, where affluence does not necessarily bring with it fulfillment and happiness

Riyadh is a city of masks, a city “like a pressure cooker that’s about to explode,” a city that sleeps on a pile of words that no one dares utter. Saudi society has split into two camps, one adopting the slogan that God is strict in punishment, the other that God is merciful and forgiving. In the background the media trum- pets that everything is perfect. Saudi writer Fahd al-Atiq explores this world through the character of Khaled, whose dysfunctional life, humdrum but rich in memories and introspection, bridges the gap between the old impoverished world of Najd and the consumerism of the years after the various oil booms, symbolized in this novel by the family’s move from the lively back streets of the old city to an isolated dream villa in the new suburbs, where their dreams are never quite fulfilled and their lives remain permanently ‘on hold.’

Abroad, the world was in ferment, but there were deep spaces of silence in this city. A strident Fahd al-atiq was born and lives in Saudi Arabia. He is the author of five collections of silence that gives you a chance to listen to the short stories and two novels. Life on Hold is ‘‘city’s heart and hear its thoughts. The days were his first book to appear in English. much the same in this city, which did not know if it was pious or decadent—a city that muffled sounds, like a pressure cooker about to explode.”

Jonathan wriGht is the translator of On the State of Egypt by Alaa Al Aswany (AUC Press, 2011), Judgment Day by Rasha Al Ameer (AUC Press, 2011), and Azazeel by Youssef Ziedan. Original Arabic title: Ka'in mu'ajjal 128pp. Pbk. September. 978-977-416-566-5. LE75 / $14.95. World.

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Modern Arabic Literature

Gamal al-Ghitani An Egyptian Novel The Book of Epiphanies Translated by Farouk Abdel Wahab

A surrealist novel edged with satire that comments on political issues, a son’s relationship with his father, and current events, all in the hands of a master storyteller

Upon returning from a trip abroad, the author–narrator learns that his father has died during his absence. Crushed with grief and guilt, he begins a journey of discovery of self and existence. Beset by doubts and at times despair, he almost gives up, but then is granted the priceless gift of appearing before the mythical– mystical Diwan, the council that oversees all affairs of this world, keeping a record of everything that has ever happened or existed and righting wrongs past and present. With the guidance of the Great Master, the Prophet’s grandson al- Husayn, he is able to witness events of his father’s life, his own life, and that of his beleaguered country as he progresses through Sufi states and stations. Granted the ability to be in several places and various eras simultaneously, the narrator is able to bring together heroes and villains and great events and debacles in Egypt’s and all of Islam’s history. Alternating scenes depict the his- torical martyrdom of al-Husayn in Karbala, and a fantastical confrontation between two camps fighting over the soul of Egypt: in one camp we meet Pres- ident Gamal Abdel Nasser, al-Husayn, the narrator’s own father, and a ragtag army of valiant but ill-equipped Egyptians in combat with one led by Jimmy Carter, Anwar Sadat, and Menachem Begin. This surrealist novel with political and mystical overtones and an edge of satire reveals one of Egypt’s greatest living writers at his finest.

, born in Upper Egypt Also by Gamal al-Ghitani: Gamal al-Ghitani in 1945, is the author of Zayni Barakat (AUC Press, 2004), (The Mahfouz Dialogs (AUC Press, 2007), Pyramid Texts (AUC Press, 2007), and The Zafarani Files (AUC Press, 2009).

Farouk abdel wahab is Ibn Rushd Professo- rial Lecturer in Arabic at the University of Chicago. His most recent translation is Gamal al-Ghitani’s The Zafarani Files (AUC Press, 2009). Original Arabic title: Kitab al-tajalliyat 288pp.Pbk. September. 978-977-416-546-7. LE90 / $17.95. World.

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Modern Arabic Literature

M.M. Tawfik An Egyptian Novel candygirl Translated by the author

From the author of Murder in the Tower of Happiness

Trying to evade intelligence agencies out to assassinate him, the Cerebellum, an Egyptian scientist with a past association with the Iraqi nuclear program, rents a room on the roof of a brothel in a Cairo slum. His interaction with the other residents is limited; instead he spends most of his time in the virtual world, where he has a love affair with candygirl, a gorgeous avatar. On the other side of the planet, an ex-NSA agent has joined a secret organization whose mission is to assassinate Iraqi scientists. He does not allow his doubts about the legality—or the ethics—of his mission to interfere with his work. He chases his victim relentlessly, but when his top-of-the-line equipment fails to locate the Cerebellum in Cairo’s slums, he takes the chase to the virtual world.

But what if he cannot find her? What would he do if candygirl were to suddenly disappear from his life? This happens to be the only fear that, from ‘‘time to time, throws its shadows on the Cerebel- lum’s parallel universe. . . .” Also by M.M. Tawfik:

M.M. Tawfik was born in Cairo. He obtained degrees in civil engi- neering, international law, and international relations. He is a mem- ber of the Egyptian Writers Union, Pen International, the Geneva Writers Group, and ACT writers of Australia. He is the author of three volumes of short stories in Arabic, from which a selection was Original Arabic title: Fatat al-halwa made and published in English in Cairo in 1997 under the title The 240pp. Pbk. October. Day the Moon Fell, and three novels, including Murder in the Tower (AUC Press, 2008). 978-977-416-559-7. LE90 / $17.95. World of Happiness

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Modern Arabic Literature

Tawfiq al-Hakim An Egyptian Novel Return of the Spirit Translated by William M. Hutchins

The classic novel of revolution, 1919-style, by a master of Egyptian literature

Both revolution and romance are at the heart of Return of the Spirit, first pub- lished in Arabic in 1933. The story of a patriotic young Egyptian and his extended family, ending with events surrounding the 1919 revolution—for al-Hakim, a literal awakening of the Egyptian spirit—Return of the Spirit with its strong expression of national- ist solidarity has particular resonance now. Admiration for the novel by the mil- itary entrepreneurs who replaced Egypt's monarchy in 1952 temporarily dampened enthusiasm for it; but the 2011 Tahrir revolution has made it seem once again as fresh as today's news.

Return of the Spirit is a gloriously Romantic tribute to the solidar- ity of the Egyptian people of all classes and religions and to their good taste and excellent sense of humor. Admiration for the ‘‘novel by the military entrepreneurs who replaced the monarchy in Egypt’s 1952 Revolution may have dampened enthusiasm for it, but the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 has brought new life to the work, making it seem like today’s news, all fresh and glowing again.” —from the Introduction by William M. Hutchins

tawFiq al-haKiM (1898–1989), Egypt’s best Also by known playwright, did for the Arabic theater Tawfiq al-Hakim: what Naguib Mahfouz did for the Arabic novel. He wrote over seventy plays, as well as a number of novels and short stories and an autobiography.

williaM M. hutChins, professor in the Philoso- phy and Religion Department at Appalachian State University, is the principal translator of Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy, and the trans- lator of numerous other works of Arabic fiction.

290pp. Pbk. November. 978-977-416-580-1. LE90 / $17.95. Middle East.

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  

Yusuf Idris was undoubtedly one of Egypt’s most talented and versatile writers in the second half of the twentieth century. Two novellas in this volume,   and , come from the peak period in his career, the late 1950s and early 1960s, while  belongs to his late period, the 1980s. Yet something holds these three works together, despite their different periods and their scattered settings: Vienna, an Egyptian Delta village, and New York. They all deal with a seminal theme in Arabic fiction since its nascent years and until today: the East–West encounter, often treated allegor- ically by Arab writers through a love story between an Arab man and a West- ern woman who stand for their respective cultures. In these three novellas, Idris harnesses his remarkable narrative skills to tell us some of the most mem- orable stories of the encounter in Arabic fiction.

Described by Tawfiq al-Hakim as “the renova- tor and genius of the short story,”    was one of the great figures of twentieth-cen- Madam Vienna tury Arabic literature. He was born in 1927, New York 80 graduated from medical college in 1951, and The Secret of His Power practiced medicine for several years. His first collection of stories was published in 1956. In 1960 he gave up medicine to become editor of the Cairo daily newspaper , and   he continued to write and publish prolifically until his death in 1991. His novel    was published in English translation by the AUC Press in 1998.   , edited by Denys Johnson-Davies, was published by the AUC Press in 2009.

  is emeritus professor of modern Arabic literature at the University of Exeter. He is the author of    (AUC Press, 2007), and the translator of by Naguib Mahfouz.

 

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Arabic Language Learning

Lughatuna al-Fusha A New Course in Modern Standard Arabic: Book Three Samia Louis

The third book in this new series for the classroom is designed for adult learners of Modern Standard Arabic at the intermediate stage

Drawing on her years of experience as an Arabic instructor, author Samia Louis has developed a course rich in everyday contexts and real-life, practical lan- guage, along with a wide range of grammar-learning strategies to allow students to deploy the language with confidence. Divided into five chapters, Book Three addresses the early to middle interme- diate Arabic learner. The aim of this book is to help students to read and write arti- cles, essays and texts, using a range of tenses, in correct Arabic grammar. Students will also learn how to communicate orally in a number of different situations, dis- cussing current events, leisure activities, and practical matters. The students’ facility with sentence structure and vocabulary is increased by reading newspapers and listening to news broadcasts, and by writing about real- life interests such as environmental conditions, political issues, sports, and cul- tural pursuits. The chapters guide students through the gradual acquisition of vocabulary and grammar. Exercises at the end of each chapter cover all essen- tial skills and translation, with emphasis on reading and writing. The accompa- nying DVD includes audio material for all listening activities, dialogs, and reading exercises. The book is further supported by online interactive reading, writing, and grammar drills.

saMia louis has taught Arabic for more than ten years with the International Language Institute (ILI) in Cairo (www.arabicegypt.edu), an affiliate of International House, and is the author of all the books in the Kallimni ‘Arabi series (AUC Press, 2007–09). 400pp. Pbk + CD. November. 978-977-416-565-8. LE180 / $39.95. World.

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Arabic Language Learning

al-Murshid Laila Al-Sawi A Guide to Modern Standard Arabic Grammar for the Intermediate Level and Iman Saad

The essential rules of grammar for Modern Standard Arabic, with exercises for the dedicated student

This grammar book is intended for intermediate learners of Modern Standard Arabic. It covers the main points that they need to master at this level to pre- pare them for the next level of proficiency. Each lesson in the book begins with a brief statement and explanation of a grammar rule followed by differ- ent types of exercises. The exercise section of the lessons begins with mechanical drills (some of which have illustrations) for practice of the grammar point of the lesson. At the end, there are writing exercises that enable learners to produce the language freely while still requiring them to use the lesson’s grammar. The book is accompanied by a CD with animated PowerPoint presentations illustrating the grammar rules explained in the lessons, and interactive drills. This very practical textbook provides a fine, flexible tool for a grammar-based approach to teaching MSA.

laila al-sawi is a senior instructor at the Arabic Language Institute of the Ameri- can University in Cairo, and co-author of Kalaam Gamiil 1 & 2 (AUC Press, 2010, 2012).

iMan saad is an Arabic language instructor at the Arabic Language Institute of the American University in Cairo.

224pp. Pbk + CD. September. 978-977-416-539-9. LE180 / $34.50. World.

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Arabic Language Learning

Kalaam Gamiil Abbas Al-Tonsi, Laila Al-Sawi, An Intensive Course in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic. Volume 2 and Suzanne Massoud

A new intermediate course that introduces students of Modern Standard Arabic to the most widely spoken and understood Arabic dialect

Kalaam Gamiil Volume 2 further develops learners’ skills in Egyptian Collo- quial Arabic, along parallel tracks of vocabulary and grammar. It is designed to enable students to communicate effectively with native speakers in a wider range of social situations, with a higher degree of accuracy and fluency. It aims to do so by expanding learners’ vocabulary and idiomatic expressions, increasing their command of grammar (both syntax and morphology), as well as instilling a measure of cross-cultural understanding. Structured around more sophisticated topics that go beyond those of daily life conversations to cover social and cultural issues and concepts, each lesson includes two situations (often dialogues), a vocabulary list, preparatory sen- tences using the new vocabulary items and grammatical structures, explana- tions of the grammar in English, relevant cultural information, in addition to a variety of mechanical drills and communicative exercises. The book, volume two of a two-part series, focuses on the speaking and listening skills that will enable high intermediate to advanced students to han- dle a variety of more complicated communicative tasks successfully. One CD is included.

Also available:

abbas al-tonsi is a senior lecturer in George- town University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar. He is the author or co-author of a num- ber of Arabic coursebooks, including the Al- Kitaab series.

laila al-sawi and suzannE Massoud are both senior instructors 256pp. Paperback + CD. November. at the Arabic Language Institute of the American University in Cairo. 978-977-416-493-4. LE140 / $29.95. World.

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Arabic Language Learning

Umm al-Dunya Abbas Al-Tonsi, Heba Salem, and Advanced Egyptian Colloquial Arabic Nevenka Korica Sullivan

A new Arabic textbook and corresponding DVD for students of Modern Standard Arabic who are embarking upon the study of Egyptian Colloquial Arabic

Directed to learners of Egyptian Colloquial Arabic who have previously stud- ied Modern Standard Arabic, this is the first textbook to handle the different lev- els and the variety of contexts of Egyptian Colloquial: both the everyday and the educated forms. It is also the first to introduce the language through mul- timedia, addressing recent and compelling topics of interest to learners of both language and culture, and focusing on pronunciation as a skill. Each of the ten lessons is structured around a video series, Abdalla’s Journey, which covers a range of topics in the everyday language, and video interviews with scholars discussing the same topics in the educated variety. Vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation in both language levels are the focus of drills and exercises, and the phonetic and syntactic differences between the two forms are highlighted.

hEba salEM is a senior Arabic language instructor at the American University in Cairo.

nEvEnKa KoriCa sullivan teaches Arabic in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University. She is co- author of Media Arabic: A Coursebook for Reading Arabic News (AUC Press, 2008).

256pp. Pbk + DVD. November. 978-977-416-564-1. LE180 / $39.95. World.

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New Series

Birds of the Nile Valley Dominique Navarro An AUC Press Nature Foldout and John Wyatt

A handy colorful guide to Egypt's bird life

Tourists are not the only foreigners who flock to Egypt to find solace in Egypt’s eternal sunlight and indulge in the lush abundance of the Nile River—migrat- ing birds from the north come too, and visitors luxuriating on one of Egypt’s gorgeous beaches, touring historic monuments, or enjoying a cruise down the Nile are bound to encounter a wide variety of bird life. Water-resistant and compact, this handy guide to the resident and seasonal birds of Egypt is a per- fect reference for birdwatchers keen and casual.

• 50 Migrating and resident species of the Nile Valley • Ancient Egypt’s Seasons: Akhet (Autumn) – Inundations Peret (Winter) – Growth Shomu (Summer) – Harvest • Map listing birdwatching and wintering/breeding locations

John wyatt is a specialist in African birds and mammals, and formerly a deputy director at the British Trust for Ornithology. Trained as an anthropologist and ethnographer, he is the world’s only ornithologist working full time on the birds of ancient Egypt. 8pp. Folded 14.5x21.5 cm. Unfolded 21.5x48.5 cm. December. 978-977-416-579-5. LE45 / $6.95. World.

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New Series

Egypt’s Flora and Fauna Dominique Navarro An AUC Press Nature Foldout and Richard Hoath

A handy colorful guide to Egypt's animals and plants

Besides its archaeological treasures, Egypt is also home to an exotic and mys- terious wealth of wildlife, hiding at times in its temples and tombs, its deserts and oases. The Nile nourishes an array of habitats, flora, and fauna often over- looked by the archaeologically curious tourist. This full-color foldout guide introduces an exciting array of animals and plants, from river wetland resi- dents to desert survivors. Water-resistant and compact, it is the perfect travel companion, filled with beautiful illustrations, comprehensive text, diagrams, and maps.

• Map of Egypt and opportune locations to see wildlife • Palms & other common native and non-native plants • Mammal species: carnivores, insectivores, rodents • Common reptiles & amphibians • Insects & invertebrates • Freshwater fish of the Nile

Dominique navarro is a natural history artist and writer. She has also done archaeological illustration.

richarD hoath one of Egypt’s leading natu- ralists. He is the author of A Field Guide to the Mammals of Egypt (AUC Press, 2004) and Natural Selections, A Year of Egypt’s Wildlife (AUC Press, 1993), and is on the faculty of the American University in Cairo. 8pp. Folded 14.5x21.5 cm. Unfolded 21.5x48.5 cm. December. 978-977-416-578-8. LE45 / $6.95. World.

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