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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, during the "protectorate" period of British occupation in Egypt-theaters and other performance sites were vital for imagining, mirroring, debating, and shaping competing conceptions of modern Egyptian identity. Central figure…
Aida in Egypt -- How to be an effendi -- The story of Ahmad the rat -- Munira al-Mahdiyya, the revolutionary stage, and the modern Egyptian woman -- Conclusion.
"Putting the spotlight on theatrical performance and cultural identity in Cairo at the turn of the last century, a historian reveals new aspects of the transition from the Ottoman to the British regimes on Egypt's path to self-rule."--
