Middle East Studies New and Forthcoming Books 2019

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Egyptology Archaeology of the eastern Mediterranean Ancient history 2 ANTHROPOLOGY & SOCIOLOGY ANTHROPOLOGY & SOCIOLOGY

Gypsies in Contemporary Egypt Manhood Is Not Easy On the Peripheries of Society Egyptian Masculinities through the Life of Musician Sayyid Henkish

Alexandra Parrs Karin van Nieuwkerk

Little is known about Egypt’s Gypsies, called In this in-depth ethnography, Karin van Nieu- Dom by scholars, but variously referred to wkerk takes the autobiographical narrative of by Egyptians as Ghagar, Nawar, Halebi, or Sayyid Henkish, a musician from a long family Hanagra. In this book, sociologist Alexan- tradition of wedding performers in Cairo, as a dra Parrs draws on two years of fieldwork to lens through which to explore changing notions explore how Dom identities are constructed, of masculinity in an Egyptian community over negotiated, and contested in the Egyptian the course of a lifetime. Situating his account national context. With an eye to the pitfalls within a growing body of literature on gender and evolution of scholarly work on the vastly that sees masculinity as a lived experience that more studied European Roma, she traces the changes and is negotiated over time, she shows scattered representations of Egyptian Dom, that the challenges faced by Henkish are not from accounts of them by European Orien- limited to his profession and that his story offers talists to their portrayal in Egyptian cinema profound insights into socioeconomic and as belly-dancers in the 1950s and beggars political changes in Egypt at large and the ways and thieves more recently. She explores the these transformations impact received notions boundaries—religious, cultural, racial, linguis- of masculinity. tic—between Dom and non-Dom Egyptians and examines the ways in which the Dom position themselves within the limitations of media discourses about them and differentiate themselves from the dominant population.

Hardbound | 240pp. Hardbound | 220pp. | 18 b&w illus. 9789774168307 | Nov 2017 | $49.50 9789774168895 | Juy 2019 | $59.95 ANTHROPOLOGY & SOCIOLOGY 3

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Women in Revolutionary Egypt Gender Justice and Legal Gender and the New Geographics Reform in Egypt of Identity Negotiating Muslim Family Law

Shereen Abouelnaga Mulki Al-Sharmani Gender Justice and Legal Reform in Egypt The 25 January 2011 Egyptian uprising examines the interplay between legal reform shattered the notion of homogeneity that had and gender norms and practices. It examines characterized state representations of Egypt the processes of advocating for, and contest- and Egyptians since 1952. Concomitantly a ing the khul‘ (no-fault judicial divorce law) profusion of women’s voices arose to further and new family courts laws, shedding light challenge the state-managed feminism that had on the agendas and strategies of the various sought to define and carefully circumscribe actors involved. It also examines the ways women’s social and civic roles in Egypt. Women in which women and men have made use of in Revolutionary Egypt explores how gender these legal reforms; how judges and other in post-Mubarak Egypt came to be rethought, court personnel have interpreted and imple- reimagined, and contested. It examines key mented them; and how the reforms may have areas of tension between national and gender impacted women and men’s understandings, identities, including gender empowerment expectations, and strategies when navigating through art and literature, particularly graffiti marriage and spousal roles. and poetry, the disciplining of the body, and the politics of history and memory.

Shereen Abouelnaga’s book is a beautifully written, original, and insightful contribution This is legal anthropology at its best. It is a “ that transcends existing analysis of the gen- fascinating and complex story, and it is told dered dimension of protest and revolutionary “ with authority and style.” struggle in Egypt.” —Ziba Mir-Hosseini, SOAS, University of —Nadje Al-Ali, SOAS, University of London London

Paperback | 160pp. Hardbound | 224pp. 9789774169281 | Oct 2019 | $24.95 9789774167751 | Oct 2017 | $39.95 4 ANTHROPOLOGY & SOCIOLOGY

Tahrir’s Youth Cairo’s Ultras Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution Resistance and Revolution in Egypt’s Football Culture Rusha Latif Ronnie Close January 25, 2011 was a watershed moment The history of Cairo’s football fans is one of for Egypt and a transformative experience for the most poignant narratives of the 25 January the young men and women who changed the 2011 Egyptian uprising. The Ultras Al-Ahly and course of their nation’s history. Tahrir’s Youth the Ultras White Knights fans, belonging to tells the story of the organized youth behind the two main teams, Al-Ahly F.C. and Zama- the mass uprising that brought about the lek F.C respectively, became embroiled in the spectacular collapse of the Mubarak regime. street protests that brought down the Mubarak Who were these activists? What did they want? regime. In the violent turmoil since, the Ultras How did the movement they unleashed shape have been locked in a bitter conflict with the them as it unfolded, and why did it fall short Egyptian security state. Tracing these social of its goals? Drawing on first-hand testimonies, movements to explore their role in the uprising this study offers rich insight into the hopes, and the political dimension of soccer in Egypt, successes, failures, and disillusionments of Ronnie Close provides a vivid, intimate sense of the movement’s leaders. the Ultras’ unique subculture. Rusha Latif follows the trajectory of the movement from the perspective of the This is a lively and authoritative account of Revolutionary Youth Coalition (RYC), the first the counter-culture of the Egyptian Ultras, revolutionary body to announce itself from “ full of richly detailed observations of their Tahrir Square. She argues that the existence collective behavior, their aesthetic, and their of the RYC and the political organizing performances. Ronnie Close succeeds in undertaken by its members before January 25 using this material to develop a convincing demonstrate that the uprising was not entirely and original argument about the force of the spontaneous, leaderless, or rooted in social aesthetic moment and of collective action to media, but led by young activists with a history challenge and to disrupt hegemonic power.” of engagement before the revolution. —Charles Tripp, SOAS, University of London

American Universities Abroad Western Imaginings The Leadership of Independent The Intellectual Contest to Define Transnational Higher Education Institutions Wahhabism

Edited by Ted Purinton and Jennifer Skaggs Rohan Davis

Across the globe, American-style and liberal Western Imaginings: The Intellectual Contest arts universities are being established. From the to Define Wahhabism is an inquiry into how first, the American University of Beirut, estab- Wahhabism has been understood and repre- lished in 1866, to the liberal arts institutions sented by Western intellectuals, particularly being established in Saudi Arabia, Ghana, and those belonging to the neo-conservative and elsewhere in the 21st century, there is a clear liberal traditions. In contrast to the existing sense of the global desire for the American literature that treats Wahhabism as a histori- approach to higher education as a way of cal phenomenon or a monolithic theological counteracting traditional, more narrowly ideology, a literature often written by authors defined university educations. However, these keen to promote geopolitical interests or universities operate in a distinctive dynamic with ideological axes to grind, Davis’s work that must learn to bridge one culture with considers Wahhabism as a discursive construct another, and leadership of such institutions crafted and popularized by a Western intellec- must by its nature focus on such complexities tual elite. This study speaks to how and why and tensions. Throughout the chapters of this Western intellectuals have chosen to represent book, this unique element of these universities Wahhabism in specific ways, ranging from an will be better understood through the stories analysis of the particular rhetorical techniques and experiences as presented by their presi- employed by these intellectuals to a consider- dents, provosts, and other academic leaders. ation of the religious and political beliefs that inspire and motivate their decisions.

Hardbound | 324pp. Hardbound | 232pp. 9789774168406 | Oct 2017 | $59.95 9789774168642 | March 2018 | $55 6 HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY

The Greeks and the Making of The Mulid of al-Sayyid al-Badawi of Tanta Modern Egypt Egypt’s Legendary Sufi Festival

Alexander Kitroeff Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen

This is the first account of the modern Greek Every year, in the Nile Delta, a festival takes place presence in Egypt from its beginnings during that was for centuries the biggest in the Muslim the era of Muhammad Ali to its final days under world: the mulid of al-Sayyid Ahmad al-Badawi of Nasser. It casts a critical eye on the reality and Tanta. This book tells for the first time the history myths surrounding the complex and ubiquitous of the mulid, which for long overshadowed even Greek community in Egypt by examining the the pilgrimage to Mecca. Organized by Sufi Greeks’ legal status, their relations with the brotherhoods, it had, by the 19th century, grown country’s rulers, their interactions with both elite to become the scene of a boisterous festival that and ordinary Egyptians, their economic activ- excited the curiosity of European travelers. Islamic ities, their contacts with foreign communities, modernists and Western observers criticized the their ties to their Greek homeland, and their cult of al-Badawi, reducing it to a muddle of community life, which included a rich superstitions and even a resurgence of anti- and celebrated literary culture. Islamic pagan practices. Mayeur-Jaouen shows that the mulid does not stand in opposition to religious orthodoxy, but rather acts as a mirror to Egyptian Islam, uniting ordinary believers, A marvelously comprehensive historical study peasants, ulama, and heads of Sufi brotherhoods “ of one of modern Egypt’s most important foreign in a shared spiritual fervor. communities, as rich in detail as it is sensitive to This book is a masterpiece of historical the complex nature of the community’s internal “ anthropology. Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen situates structures, its adaptability in face of changing the cult of the most important Muslim saint in internal and external power relationships, and Egypt at the intersection of politics, religious the nostalgia with which its surviving members economy, and sexual practices from the now remember its sojourn in a wondrous land.” Mamluks to the 2011 Egyptian revolution.” —Roger Owen, Harvard University —Adam Mestyan, Duke University

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Contesting Antiquity in Egypt Description of Egypt Archaeologies, Museums, and the Struggle Notes and Views in Egypt and Nubia, for Identities from World War I to Nasser 1825–28 Donald Malcolm Reid Edward William Lane. Edited and with an introduction by Jason Thompson The sensational discovery in 1922 of Tutankha- The great nineteenth-century British traveler mun’s tomb, close on the heels of Britain’s Edward William Lane (1801–76) was the declaration of Egyptian independence, acceler- author of a number of highly influential works. ated the growth in Egypt of both Egyptology as a In 1831, publication of one of his greatest formal discipline and of ‘pharaonism’—popular works, Description of Egypt was dropped, interest in ancient Egypt—as an inspiration in mainly for financial reasons, by the publishing the struggle for full independence. Emphasiz- firm of John Murray. The manuscript was ing the three decades from 1922 until Nasser’s sold to the British Library by Lane’s widow in revolution in 1952, this compelling follow-up 1891, and was salvaged for publication as a to Whose Pharaohs? looks at the ways in which hardcover book by Jason Thompson, nearly Egypt developed its own archaeologies— 170 years later. Now available in paperback, Islamic, Coptic, and Greco-Roman, as well as this book takes the form of a journey through the more dominant ancient Egyptian. Egypt from north to south, with descriptions of all the ancient monuments and contemporary life that Lane explored along the way.

[A] valuable reference to those studying symbols of national ideology as well as “ ones scavenging for minute bibliographical information on a great many twentieth-century Jason Thompson’s exact and dedicated edition Egyptian cultural movers.” deserves much praise.” —Arab Studies Quarterly “ —ASTENE Bulletin Paperback | 516pp. 92 b&w illus., 1 map, 7 tables Paperback | 786pp. | 158 b&w illus. 9789774169380 | Sept 2019 | $30 9789774169342 | Dec 2019 | $29.95 8 HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY

Truths and Lies in the Middle East Mapping My Return Memoirs of a Veteran Journalist, A Palestinian Memoir 1952–2012 Eric Rouleau Salman Abu Sitta Foreword by Alain Gresh

Born in Cairo to an Egyptian Jewish family, Salman Abu Sitta, who has single-handedly Eric Rouleau was one of the most celebrated made available crucial mapping work on journalists of his generation, a status he owed Palestine, was just 10 years old when the to his extraordinary career, which began when Nakba—the mass expulsion of Palestinians in the director of Le Monde charged him in the 1948—happened, forcing him from his home in early 1960s with covering the Near and Middle Beersheba. In this rich memoir, Abu Sitta evokes East. Rouleau was a chief witness to the wars of the vanished world of his family and home from 1967 and 1973 and was to meet all the major the late 19th century to the eve of the British players, including Nasser, Levi Ashkol, Moshe withdrawal from Palestine and subsequent war. Dayan, Golda Meir, Yasser Arafat, Ariel Sharon, He then chronicles his life in exile, from his and Anwar Sadat, painting striking portraits of family’s flight to Gaza and his teenage years in each. More than a memoir, his book presents Nasser’s Egypt to his life as a family man and a history, lived from the inside, of the Israel– academic in Kuwait, all against the backdrop of Palestine conflict. seismic events in the region.

For years, Eric Rouleau’s reporting and commentaries on the Middle East were an “ incomparable source of information, insight, and understanding. The appearance of the Abu Sitta’s memoir conveys a still burning autobiography of this remarkable journalist, “ sense of outrage at the injustice of the diplomat—and human being—is an event that dispossession of the Palestinians and the denial many of those concerned with world affairs of their rights—a personal and collective have been awaiting with eager anticipation.” Nakba without end.” —Noam Chomsky —Ian Black, The Guardian

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Marcus Simaika Neslishah Father of Coptic Archaeology The Last Ottoman Princess

Samir Simaika and Nevine Henein Murat Bardakçı Introduction by Donald M. Reid

Marcus Pasha Simaika (1864–1944) was not a Born in Istanbul, Neslishah Sultan (1912– professional archaeologist, an excavator, or a 2012) was the granddaughter of Sultan specialist scholar of Coptic language and liter- Vahiddedin. In 1924, the imperial family ature. Rather, his achievement lies in his role was sent into exile. In 1940, on her marriage as a visionary administrator who used his status to Prince Abdel Moneim, the son of the last to pursue relentlessly his dream of founding a khedive of Egypt, she became a princess of Coptic Museum and preserving endangered the Egyptian royal family. When in 1952 her monuments. This fascinating biography draws husband was appointed regent for Egypt’s upon Simaika’s unpublished memoirs as well infant king, she became the country’s first lady, as on other documents and photographs from until the abolition of the monarchy in 1953. the Simaika family archive to deepen our Exile followed, this time from Egypt, after the understanding of several important themes couple faced charges of treason. This account of modern Egyptian history: the development of Neslishah’s extraordinary life is also the of Coptic archaeology and heritage studies, story of the end of two powerful dynasties Egyptian–British interactions during the colonial thirty years apart. and semi-colonial eras, shifting balances in the interaction of clergymen and the lay Coptic community, and the ever-sensitive evolution of relations between Copts and their Muslim countrymen. Neslishah, with her beauty and character, is a woman that you cannot forget.” “ —Lisa Kaaki, Arab News

Hardbound | 240pp. | 13 b&w illus. Paperback | 376pp. | 105 b&w illus. 9789774168239 | Aug 2017 | $39.95 9789774169298 | Sept 2019 | $24.95 10 HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY

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Farewell Shiraz Witness to War and Peace An Iranian Memoir of Revolution and Exile Egypt, the October War, and Beyond

Cyrus Kadivar Ahmed Aboul Gheit

Cyrus Kadivar was just 16 years old when he Currently secretary general to the Arab League and his family were exiled from the fabled (2016– ) and formerly minister of foreign affairs city of Shiraz in the wake of the 1979 Iranian under Hosni Mubarak (2004–2011), Egyptian revolution. In Farewell Shiraz, Kadivar tells the diplomat Ahmed Aboul Gheit looks back in story of his family and childhood against the this memoir on the 1973 October War and the tumultuous backdrop of 20th-century Iran, diplomatic efforts that followed it. He describes from the 1905–1907 Constitutional Revo- the deliberations of Egypt’s political leadership lution to the fall of Mohammad Reza Shah in the run-up to the war, the secret communi- Pahlavi, before presenting accounts of his cations between President Anwar Sadat and meetings with key witnesses to the Shah’s fall U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the and the rise of Khomeini. Each of the people role of the Soviet Union, and the unfolding interviewed provides a richly detailed picture of events on the battlefront in Sinai. He also of the momentous events that took place and gives a personal account of the peacemaking the human drama behind them. that followed, including Sadat’s visit to Israel, the 1978 Camp David Accords, and the 1979 Egyptian–Israeli Peace Treaty.

This riveting memoir . . . expresses the author’s feelings and efforts to overcome the pain of “ leaving his beloved country. Cyrus Kadivar gives us a fascinating account of the last days of Pahlavi rule in Iran.” —Lisa Kaaki, Arab News

Paperback | 440pp. | 30 b&w illus. Hardbound | 400pp. | 8 b&w illus., 2 maps 9789774169328 | Sept 2019 | $24.95 9789774168857 | Dec 2018 | $39.95 HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY 11

The Diaries of Waguih Ghali Protecting Pharaoh’s Treasures An Egyptian Writer in the Swinging Sixties My Life in Egyptology Volume 2: 1966–68

Edited by May Hawas Wafaa El Saddik. With Rüdiger Heimlich.

In 1968 Egyptian novelist and political exile Growing up in Egypt’s Nile Delta, Wafaa El Waguih Ghali committed suicide in the London Saddik was fascinated by the magnificent flat of his editor, friend, and sometime lover, pharaonic monuments from an early age, and Diana Athill. Ghali left behind six notebooks of as a student she dreamed of conducting exca- diaries that for decades were largely inaccessi- vations herself and working in the Egyptian ble to the public. The Diaries of Waguih Ghali: Museum in Cairo. At a time when Egyptology An Egyptian in the Swinging Sixties, in two was dominated by men, especially those with volumes, is the first publication of its kind of the close connections to the regime, she was journals, casting fascinating light on a likable determined to succeed, and secured grants to and highly enigmatic literary personality. study in Boston, London, and Vienna, eventu- ally becoming the first female general director of the country’s most prestigious museum.

An account of a daily struggle to avoid ‘sink- An inspiring and highly readable memoir of ing’, to fight the ‘cafard’, not to succumb to an Egyptian woman’s journey from a young “ ‘the disease’—all the different names Ghali “ village girl to a prominent Egyptologist and the finds for his depression. His every romantic head of one of the most important museums relationship . . . is doomed by his terror of in the world. . . . An important read for those being humiliated and abandoned.” interested in Egypt’s cultural heritage and its —Ursula Lindsey, London Review of Books modern sociopolitical dynamics.” —Mohamed ElBaradei, former vice-president Hardbound | 224pp. of Egypt 9789774168123 | Aug 2017 | $35 Also available: Volume 1: 1964–66 Hardbound | 248pp. Hardbound | 280pp. | 61 b&w illus. 9789774167805 | Dec 2016 | $35 9789774168253 | March 2017 | $24.95 12 ARABIC LANGUAGE LEARNING

Advanced Arabic through Discussion Keda Mazbuut 16 Lessons on Contemporary Topics with A Grammar Book of Egyptian Arabic Integrated Skills and Fluency-building with Exercises Activities for MSA Learners Nevenka Korica Sullivan Mona Kamel Hassan

Advanced Arabic through Discussion is a This beginner’s level guide to Egyptian classroom-tested Advanced Arabic course Colloquial Arabic (ECA) grammar is the ideal that uses an inquiry-based approach to supplement for students of ECA as a foreign challenge advanced learners of Arabic by language. Keda Mazbuut is divided into engaging them in discussions about social, twenty-five lessons, each devoted to a key ethical, and legal issues related to advertising, grammatical rule, with examples to illustrate censorship, dress-codes, and other topics. usage followed by a variety of exercises. The book is organized into sixteen chapters, Mona Hassan has organized the lesson topics each accompanied by audio recordings of all to progress in difficulty, from basic nominal reading and listening texts. Learners are guided sentences to more complex grammatical to expand their vocabulary, acquire complex structures such as the imperative and structures, and discover the systematic conditional sentences. All rules are explained relationships between language form, function, in straightforward English, while words and and meaning. The course is designed to create phrases are provided in both Arabic script and an interactive classroom discussion; it also transcribed Arabic, accompanied by audio files can be successfully used with a tutor or for to facilitate students’ ECA pronunciation. independent study.

20 Egyptian Songs to Learn and Sing Yalla! An Easy Way to Learn Let’s Learn Egyptian Colloquial Arabic Egyptian Colloquial Arabic Verbs

Bahaa Ed-Din Osama Dina El Dik and Emad Iskandar Tessa Grafen

Songs are a great way to learn a language, Mastering the conjugation of Egyptian and popular songs can reveal much about Colloquial Arabic (ECA) verbs is an essential the culture and traditions of a country where part of the student’s learning process, and it is the language is spoken. 20 Egyptian Songs to equally challenging for instructors to ensure Learn and Sing brings together twenty songs that the student has internalized them correctly. performed by popular Egyptian singers, from Yalla! Let’s Learn Egyptian Colloquial Arabic iconic twentieth-century diva Umm Kulthum to Verbs is a practical tool to help both students present-day singing sensation Amr Diab. Aimed and teachers of Arabic in the classroom. at beginner learners of Egyptian Colloquial The book presents the three hundred most Arabic and fans of Arab popular music, it builds frequently used verbs in ECA, each one a lively variety of language lessons around categorized according to ECA verb patterns, each song, accompanying them with notes on which are based on those used in Modern vocabulary, grammar and usage, and exercises. Standard Arabic.The verbs are fully conjugated in the present/imperfect and past/perfect tenses Paperback | 240pp. in the affirmative and the negative, each entry 9789774169052 | Forthcoming 2020 | $24.95 also listing imperatives and active participles. This resource focuses on pronunciation, Also available by the same author: rather than reading or writing, in order to Kilma Hilwa: Egyptian Arabic through Popular help students gain fluency in spoken Egyptian Songs: Intermediate Level Arabic. To this end, each verb in the book is Paperback | 180pp. spelled phonetically. 9789774167089 | Sept 2015 | $22.95

Arab Cinema Classic Egyptian Movies History and Cultural Identity: Revised 101 Must-See Films and Updated Edition

Viola Shafik Sameh Fathy

Since it was first published, Viola Shafik’sArab Concentrating on movie productions writ- Cinema: History and Cultural Identity has ten and produced entirely in Egypt, film become an indispensable work for scholars of critic Sameh Fathy here selects the 101 most film and the contemporary Middle East. Com- important movies to have come out of Cairo’s bining detailed narrative history—economic, famous studios over the last eighty years. From ideological, and aesthetic—with thought-pro- classic comedies like Salama Is Fine to social voking analysis, it provides a comprehensive dramas like The Second Wife, and from literary overview of cinema in the Arab world, tracing adaptations like The Call of the Curlew to mas- the industry’s development from colonial times terpieces of the cinematic art like The Night to the present. Now updated to reflect cultural of Counting the Years, the author introduces shifts in the last two decades, this revised us to each film’s writers, producers, directors, edition contains a new afterword highlighting and stars, and explains the movie’s particular the latest developments in popular and in art- historical, cultural, or artistic significance. house filmmaking, with a special focus on Iraq, Illustrated throughout with posters and stills Lebanon, Palestine, and the Gulf States. from all the movies covered.

Beautifully conceived and long overdue— Intelligent, perceptive, and elegantly written, “ well written with an authoritative voice . . . . “ this volume deserves a broad readership. There is nothing else like this available for an Highly recommended. All readers, all levels.” English-reading audience.” —Choice —Joel Gordon, University of Arkansas

Paperback | 320pp. | 50 b&w illus. Flexibound | 320pp. | 220 color illus. 9789774166907 | Jan 2017 | $24.95 9789774168680 | Nov 2018 | $39.95 ART HISTORY & ARCHITECTURE 15

Abdelhalim Ibrahim Abdelhalim Cairo since 1900 An Architecture of Collective Memory An Architectural Guide

James Steele Mohamed Elshahed Foreword by Mercedes Volait The first comprehensive study of the work and The city of a thousand minarets is also the city career of Abdelhalim Ibrahim Abdelhalim, one of eclectic modern constructions, turn-of-the- of Egypt’s foremost contemporary architects, this century revivalism and romanticism, concrete book is inspired by Abdelhalim’s deep belief in expressionism, and modernist design. This the power of rituals as a guiding force behind pocket-sized volume is the first comprehen- various human behaviors and the spaces in sive architectural guide to the constructions which they are enacted and designed to play and modernist building styles that have out. Each chapter is consequently dedicated shaped and continue to shape the Egyptian to one of these rituals and the ways in which capital since the early twentieth century. some of Abdelhalim’s primary commissions Arranged by geographical area, it includes have revealed and expressed that ritual. In the entries for more than 220 buildings and sites sequence presented these are: the rituals of of note, each entry consisting of concise, possession, reverence, order, the transmission explanatory text describing the building and of knowledge, procession, human institutions, its significance, accompanied by photo- geometry, light, the sense of place, materiality, graphs, drawings, and maps. and color.

Cairo since 1900 is a timely addition to our appreciation of Cairo’s urban fabric. With “ meticulous research and beautiful photographs, Elshahed offers us a unique survey of the city’s modernist architectural gems.” —Khaled Fahmy, University of Cambridge

Hardbound | 202pp. | 207 color and b&w Flexibound | 410pp. | 330 b&w illus. 9789774168901 | Dec 2019 | $69.95 9789774168697 | Feb 2020 | $39.95 16 ART HISTORY & ARCHITECTURE

The Architecture of Ramses Wissa Wassef Hassan Fathy An Architectural Life

Conchita Añorve-Tschirgi, Ehsan Abushadi Photographs by by Nour El Refai Edited by Leïla el-Wakil

The pioneering Egyptian architect and teacher This fully illustrated volume represents the Ramses Wissa Wassef (1911–74) is best known most comprehensive examination yet of the for his founding in 1951 of the Ramses Wissa life and work of the great Egyptian architect Wassef Art Center in Harraniya, a small village Hassan Fathy (1900–89), and the regional and in Greater Cairo. Less well known are Wissa international significance of his contribution Wassef’s prolific architectural output and his to the lived environment. Eleven Egyptian efforts and influence beyond the confines of and international scholars reveal the man, his the Harraniya center to promote artistic expres- milieu, his goals and his passions, his concept sion among Egyptian youth. This generously of social living and his fight for a humane illustrated volume is the first comprehensive model for affordable housing in tune with survey of Wissa Wassef’s architectural works, the environment, the application of these both extant and non-extant, shedding light concepts in his numerous plans and buildings, on his legacy and significant engagement his relations with the establishment, the extent with vernacular and contemporary Egyptian of his influence, and the lasting legacy of his architecture. completed projects. Generously illustrated with archival and color photographs and the architect’s own distinctive and beautifully decorated gouache plans and elevations, many never previously published.

Hardbound | 272pp.| 300 b&w and 50 color illus. Hardbound | 412pp. | 325 color illus. 9789774169243 | Forthcoming 2020| $59.95 9789774167898 | Oct 2018 | $95 ART HISTORY & ARCHITECTURE ART HISTORY & ARCHITECTURE 17

A History of Arab Graphic Design Orientalist Lives Western Artists in the Middle East, 1830–1920 Bahia Shehab and Haytham Nawar James Parry

Arab graphic design emerged in the early In one of the most remarkable artistic pilgrim- twentieth century out of a need to influence, ages in history, the 19th century saw scores and give expression to, the far-reaching of Western artists heading to the Middle East. economic, social, and political changes that Inspired by the allure of the exotic Orient, they were taking place in the Arab world at the went in search of subjects for their paintings. time. Examining the work of over eighty key James Parry traces these journeys of cultural designers from Morocco to Iraq, and covering and artistic discovery. From the early pioneer the period from pre-1900 to the end of the David Roberts through the heyday of leading twentieth century, A History of Arab Graphic stars such as Jean-Léon Gérôme and Frederick Design traces the people and events that were Arthur Bridgman, to Orientalism’s post- integral to the shaping of a field of graphic 1900 decline, he describes how these artists design in the Arab world. Stunningly illustrated prepared for their expeditions, coped with with 360 color images, A History of Arab working in unfamiliar surroundings, engaged Graphic Design is an invaluable resource tool with local people, and then took home to their for graphic designers, one which, it is hoped, studios the memories, sketches, and collec- will place Arab visual culture and design on tions of artifacts necessary to create the works the map of a thriving international design for which their audiences clamored. discourse.

Paperback | 360pp. | 360 color illus. Hardbound | 304pp. | 7 b&w and 99 color illus. 9789774169243 | Forthcoming 2020| $39.95 9789774168352 | Oct 2018 | $59.95 18 ART HISTORY & ARCHITECTURE

Nubian Gold The Tentmakers of Cairo Ancient Jewelry from Sudan and Egypt Egypt’s Medieval and Modern Appliqué Craft

Peter Lacovara and Yvonne J. Markowitz Seif El Rashidi and Sam Bowker

The fabled land of Nubia, whose very name In the crowded center of Historic Cairo lies a means ‘gold,’ was famous in ancient times for covered market lined with wonderful textiles its supplies of precious metal, exotic mate- sewn by hand in brilliant colors and intricate rial, and intricate craftsmanship. Many of the patterns. This is the Street of the Tentmakers, adornments made in Nubia are masterpieces the home of the Egyptian appliqué art known of the jeweler’s art—marvels of design and as khayamiya. This book brings together the construction rivaling, and often surpassing, stories of the tentmakers and their extraordinary adornments made in Egypt and the rest of the tents—from the huge tent pavilions, or suradeq, ancient Mediterranean world. Although these of the streets of Egypt, to the souvenirs of the unique treasures are among the most stunning First World War and textile artworks celebrated to have survived from antiquity, they remain by quilters around the world. It traces the little known. Richly illustrated with beautiful origins and aesthetics of the khayamiya textiles photographs of these exquisite items, many of that enlivened the ceremonial tents of the them never before published, Nubian Gold Fatimid, Mamluk, and Ottoman dynasties, places the jewelry within the cultural contexts exploring the ways in which they challenged in which it was manufactured and employed. conventions under new patrons and continue It tells the story not only of the treasures them- to preserve a legacy of skilled handcraft in an selves but of the exciting tales of their discovery age of relentless mass production. and the background of the exotic and remote Written in an easy, colloquial, entertaining civilizations that produced them. and discursive style which, . . . , should appeal “ not only to academic readers, but to the lively interest in the craft that has recently been fostered in the West.” —Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Hardbound | 224pp. | 42 b&w and 179 color illus. Paperback | 256pp. | 30 b&w and 27 color illus. 9789774167829 | July 2019 | $59.95 9789774168024 | Oct 2018 | $24.95 RELIGION 19

Jihad of the Pen Coptic Christians and Muslims in Egypt The Sufi Literature of West Africa Two Communities, One Nation

Rudolph Ware, Zakary Wright, and Amir Syed Fikry Andrawes and Alison Orr-Andrawes

Outsiders have long observed the contours of For the most part of their shared history, the flourishing scholarly traditions of African Coptic Christians and Muslims in Egypt Muslim societies, but the voices of the most have experienced bouts of sectarian tension renowned voices of West African Sufism have alternating with peaceful coexistence. This rarely been heard outside of their respective engaging and highly readable book tells the constituencies. This volume brings together story of Muslim–Christian relations in Egypt writings by Uthman b. Fudi (d. 1817, Nigeria), through key points in Egyptian history, from Umar Tal (d. 1864, Mali), Ahmad Bamba (d. the coming of Islam in the 7th century to the 1927, Senegal), and Ibrahim Niasse (d. 1975, aftermath of the January 2011 revolution. The Senegal), who, between them, founded the authors argue that, even if they were occa- largest Muslim communities in African history. sionally attacked and persecuted, the Copts Jihad of the Pen offers translations of Arabic generally shared the fortunes of their Muslim source material that proved formative to the neighbors, and that religious difference in constitution of a veritable Islamic revival Egypt was frequently exploited by rulers, both sweeping West Africa in the 19th and 20th internal and external, for political gain. centuries. The authors have selected endur- ingly relevant primary sources and richly contextualized them within broader currents of Islamic scholarship on the African continent.

Hardbound | 320pp. Paperback | 300pp. 9789774168635 | Oct 2018 | $59.95 9789774168703 | March 2019 | $39.95 20 RELIGION

Christianity and Monasticism in Christianity and Monasticism in Alexandria and the Egyptian Deserts Northern Egypt Beni Suef, Giza, Cairo, and the Nile Delta

Edited by Gawdat Gabra and Hany N. Takla Edited by Gawdat Gabra and Hany N. Takla

The contributors to this volume, international Christianity and monasticism have long specialists in Coptology from around the flourished in the northern part of Upper Egypt world, examine the various aspects of Coptic and in the Nile Delta, from Beni Suef to the civilization in Alexandria and its environs Mediterranean coast. The contributors to this and in the Egyptian deserts over the past two volume, international specialists in Coptology millennia. The contributions explore Coptic from around the world, examine various aspects art, archaeology, architecture, language, and of Coptic civilization in northern Egypt over the literature. The impact of Alexandrian theol- past two millennia. The studies explore Coptic ogy and its cultural heritage as well as the art and archaeology, architecture, language, and archaeology of its ‘university’ are highlighted. literature. The artistic heritage of monastic sites Christian epigraphy in the Kharga Oasis, the in the region is highlighted, attesting to their art and architecture of the Bagawat cemetery, important legacies. and the archaeological site of Kellis (Ismant al-Kharab) with its Manichaean texts are also discussed.

Hardbound | 416pp. | 91 b&w illus. Hardbound | 384pp. | 46 b&w illus. 9789774169618 | Forthcoming 2020 | $59.50 9789774167775 | Aug 2017 | $59.50 LINGUISTICS 21

The Early Coptic Papacy Revisiting Levels of Contemporary The Egyptian Church and Its Leadership in Arabic in Egypt Late Antiquity: The Popes of Egypt, Volume 1 Essays on Arabic Varieties in Memory of El-Said Badawi Stephen J. Davis Edited by Zeinab A. Taha

The Copts, adherents of the Egyptian Orthodox El-Said Badawi’s seminal Mustawayāt Church, today represent the largest Christian al-ʕarabiyya al-muʕas.ira fī Mis.r (Levels of community in the Middle East, and their Contemporary Arabic in Egypt) was first presiding bishops have been accorded the title published in Arabic in 1973. Its theory of of pope since the third century AD. This study interrelated language levels that are ever- analyzes the development of the Egyptian changing along a sociolinguistic continuum papacy from its origins to the rise of Islam. How transformed the way scholars carried out did the papal office in Egypt evolve as a social research on language variation, lexicography, and religious institution during the first six and a and teaching Arabic as a foreign language. half centuries AD? How do the developments in Since that time, Arabic has witnessed major the Alexandrian patriarchate reflect larger devel- changes in the way its spoken and written opments in the Egyptian church as a whole? forms are practiced, but informed, scholarly publications on the current reality of the Paperback | 280pp. | 15 b&w illus. linguistic landscape have been few and 9789774168345 | Sept 2017 | $24.95 far between. This collective study, with contributions from renowned scholars of Also available: The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Arabic linguistics, draws on empirical data Egypt, 641–1517: The Popes of Egypt, Volume 2 to bring together original new research on by Mark N. Swanson spoken and written language varieties in Hardbound | 192pp. Egypt today. 9789774160936 | Sep 2010 | $29.95

The Political Economy of Reforms in Egypt Egypt’s Desert Dreams Issues and Policymaking since 1952 Development or Disaster? (New Edition)

Khalid Ikram David Sims Foreword by Timothy Mitchell

Drawing on Khalid Ikram’s extensive knowl- Egypt’s Desert Dreams is the first attempt of its edge of economic policymaking at the highest kind to look at Egypt’s desert development in levels, The Political Economy of Reforms its entirety. It recounts the failures of gov- in Egypt lays out the enduring features of ernmental schemes, analyzes why they have the Egyptian economy and its performance failed, and exposes the main winners of Egypt’s since 1952 before presenting an account of desert projects, as well as the underlying nar- policy-making, growth and structural change ratives and political necessities behind it, even under the country’s successive presidents to in the post-revolutionary era. It also shows that the present day. all is not lost, and that there are alternative paths that Egypt could take. This fully updated paperback edition addresses the latest projects as well as the discourses relating to Egypt’s desert development since the publication of the hardcover edition nearly four years ago, This outstanding book puts Egypt’s economic particularly the scheme to built a gigantic history in the context of those of other devel- new capital east of Cairo. “ oping countries, comparing it to such histories in East Asia and Latin America. Ikram skillfully David Sims’ remarkable book stands as a weaves economic theory into his account of superb model for scholarship that will be Egyptian economic policies over the last half “ illuminating and richly useful for policymakers century and assesses the role and effectiveness and development experts, as well as social and of foreign aid.” environmental activists.” —John Waterbury, Foreign Affairs —Paul Amar, Journal of North African Studies

The Oslo Accords Sinai A Critical Assessment Egypt’s Linchpin, Gaza’s Lifeline, Israel’s Nightmare Edited by Petter Bauck and Mohammed Omer Foreword by Desmond Tutu. Foreword by Mohannad Sabry Össur Skarphéðinsson Twenty-five years have passed since Israel and Enclosed by the Suez Canal and bordering the Palestine Liberation Organization concluded Gaza and Israel, Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has the Oslo Accords, or Declaration of Principles been the cornerstone of the Egyptian–Israeli on Interim Self-Government Arrangements for peace accords, yet its internal politics and Palestine. It was declared “a political break- security have remained largely under media through of immense importance.” Through a blackout. In this crucial analysis, Mohannad number of essays written by renowned scholars Sabry argues that Egypt’s shortsighted security and practitioners, the years since the Oslo approach has continually proven to be a Accords are scrutinized from a wide range of failure. Decades of flawed policies have perspectives. Did the agreement have a rea- exacerbated immense social and economic sonable chance of success? What went wrong, problems, and maintained a superficial causing the treaty to derail and delay a real, stability under which arms trafficking, the workable solution? What are the recommen- smuggling tunnels, and militancy could dations today to show a way forward for the silently thrive—and finally prevail following Israelis and the Palestinians? the overthrow of Mubarak.

This is the kind of smart, independent jour- Insightful in assessing the context that drove “ nalism that Egypt needs to build a truly strong “ the Oslo Accords and the maneuvers of the future. . . . a reminder of what journalists do at so-called ‘peace process.’” their best.” —Arab Studies Quarterly —David Ignatius, The Washington Post

Paperback | 312pp. Hardbound | 320pp. 9789774167706 | Jan 2017 | $35 9789774167287 | Nov 2015 | $34.95 24 GENERAL INTEREST

Islamic Monuments in Cairo A Field Guide to the Street Names The Practical Guide: Updated 7th Edition of Central Cairo

Caroline Williams Humphrey Davies and Lesley Lababidi

Cairo’s Islamic monuments are part of an unin- Who were ‘Abd el-Khaleq Sarwat Basha or terrupted tradition that spans over a thousand Yusef el-Gindi that they should have streets years of building activity. No other Islamic city named after them? Who was Nubar Basha and can equal Cairo’s spectacular heritage, nor why did his street move from the north of the trace its historical and architectural develop- city to its center in 1933? Why do older maps ment with such clarity. This new, fully revised show two squares called Bab el-Luq, while edition of a popular and handy guide contin- modern maps show none? A Field Guide to the ues to walk the visitor around two hundred of Street Names of Central Cairo lists more than the city’s most interesting Islamic monuments. 450 current and three hundred former appella- It also keeps pace with recent restoration ini- tions. Current street names are listed in alpha- tiatives and newly opened monuments. betical order, with an explanation of what each commemorates and when it was first recorded, followed by the same for its predecessors.

This book ought to be in the luggage of every visitor to Cairo. Furthermore, once home, “ lovers and students of Cairo’s architecture will find it a convenient and accurate quick reference as well as a cherished souvenir of many This guidebook is anything but ordinary . . . profitable and enjoyable rambles among the rekindles memories and brings to life the for- monuments of Cairo.” “ gotten streets, lanes, alleys, and passageways —Jonathan M. Bloom, Journal of the of Central Cairo.” American Research Center in Egypt —Lisa Kaaki, Arab News

Paperback | 360pp. | 38 b&w illus., 15 maps Paperback | 252pp. | 13 maps 9789774168550 | Sep 2018 | $29.95 9789774168567 | July 2018 | $29.95 GENERAL INTEREST 25

All Strangers Are Kin Jerusalem without God Adventures in Arabic and the Arab World Portrait of a Cruel City

Zora O’Neill Paola Caridi

Join O’Neill for a grand tour through the Jerusalem without God leads the reader Middle East as she sets out to master Arabic. through the streets, malls, suburbs, traffic You will laugh with her in Egypt, delight in jams, and squares of Jerusalem’s present the stories she passes on from the United Arab moment, into the daily lives of the men and Emirates, and find yourself transformed by her women who inhabit it. Caridi brings con- experiences in Lebanon and Morocco. She’s temporary Jerusalem alive by describing it packed her dictionaries, her unsinkable sense as a place of sights and senses, sounds and of humor, and her talent for making fast friends smells, but she also shows us a city riven by of strangers. From quiet, bougainvillea-lined the harsh asymmetry of power and control streets to the lively buzz of crowded medinas, embodied in its lines, limits, walls, and from families’ homes to local hotspots, she borders. Jerusalem without God reveals a brings a part of the world that is thousands of city that is as diverse as it is complex, and miles away right to your door. ultimately, argues its author, one whose destiny cannot be tied to any single religious faith, tradition, or political ideology.

O’Neill masterfully weaves together vignettes, Not a complacent and lyrical description of linguistic musings, and a colorful cast of thou- Jerusalem. The author takes a hard look at the “ sands into an always-thoughtful, often hysterically “ city. Nothing escapes her blunt judgment. . . . funny paean to a part of the world about which Speaking her mind with an open heart, Caridi most Americans remain woefully ignorant.” gives the reader an in-depth look at a complex —Suketu Mehta, author of Maximum City: city and its daily dramas.” Bombay Lost and Found —Lisa Kaaki, Arab News

Cairo Inside Out Egypt Inside Out Expanded Edition

Trevor Naylor Trevor Naylor Photographs by Doriana Dimitrova Photographs by Doriana Dimitrova

Cairo Inside Out evokes the light and moods In Egypt Inside Out, Trevor Naylor and Doriana of the great Cairo metropolis with stunning Dimitrova escape the crowds and clamor to photographs shot from the city’s indoor havens. take us on a lyrical exploration of place, bring- We observe it through and from nostalgic ing us the country in all its captivating regional haunts, such as Café Riche and the Windsor diversity. Photographing villages, towns, and Hotel, and look out onto its great sights from cities from the interiors of hotels and homes, the most intimate urban interiors, homes, and and from on board boats, taxis, and trains, they watersides. For those who may have lived in transport us to Egypt’s hideaways and dappled Cairo, this is a reminder of a city that moves shadows, its dazzling colors and sublime light, and yet remains wonderfully unchanged. For and the vast splendor of its landscapes and visitors and residents, this evocative collection, architecture. Written by an author who has an unabashed homage to Cairo’s persistent known Egypt for more than thirty years, and color and allure, will inspire them to visit those illustrated with stunning photographs, this places once more. is a unique journey through the allure of an extraordinary country.

As Naylor presents the city, Dimitrova’s photos bring the text to life, creating a “ perfect seduction.” —Publishers Weekly

Paperback | 180pp. | 150 color illus. Hardbound | 224pp. | 302 color illus. 9789774169229 | Nov 2019 | $24.95 9789774169045 | Dec 2019 | $35 GENERAL INTEREST 27

Bilhana Building Modern Egypt Wholefood Recipes from Egypt, Boxed Set Lebanon, and Morocco Yasmine Elgharably and Shewekar Elgharably Edited by Sherif Boraie Photography by Yehia El-Alaily

Middle Eastern cuisine is renowned the world This handsome boxed set brings together five over for its sophistication, variety, and flavor. delightfully individual books, each beautifully Bilhana (Egyptian for ‘bon appétit’) brings illustrated with archival images and postcards, a contemporary twist to traditional Middle on some of Egypt’s most iconic institutions Eastern dishes with the use of healthy cooking and landmarks. Included are: The Suez Canal: methods and the freshest ingredients the region A History (edited by Sherif Boraie), The has to offer. Spanning the vast area south of Egyptian Bourse (by Samir Raafat), Downtown the Mediterranean from the East (Lebanon and Cairo (by Ola Seif; edited by Sherif Boraie), Egypt) to the West (Morocco), from simple Egyptian Postage, 1866–1967 (preface by mezzes or breakfast dishes to elaborate stews Samir Raafat; edited by Sherif Boraie), and and roasts, the recipes in this book showcase Cinema Cairo: Dream Factory on the Nile (by the vibrant colors and immense variety of Rasha Azab; edited by Sherif Boraie). Middle Eastern cooking as well as being easy to follow.

Hardbound | 224pp. | 130 illus. Boxed Set | 480pp.| 390 illus. 9789774169076 | Forthcoming 2020 | $29.95 9781733552707 | Nov 2019 | $120 Ordering

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