The author describes her conversion to Islam and journey to Egypt where she taught English and set about learning Middle Eastern culture, and her relationship with Omar, an Egyptian man with a resentment toward western influences in his country.
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Documents the author's conversion from all-American atheist to Islam, a journey marked by her decision to relocate to Cairo, romance with a passionate young Egyptian, and her efforts to balance the virtues of both cultures.
Documents the author's conversion from all-American atheist to Islam, a journey marked by her decision to relocate to Cairo, romance with a passionate young Egyptian, and her efforts to balance the virtues of both cultures.
Recounts the exile of the author's Jewish Egyptian family from Cairo in 1963 and her father's heroic and tragic struggle to survive his riches to rags trajectory. Lagnado re-creates the cosmopolitan glamour of Cairo in the years between World War II and Nasser's rise to power. H…
Readings from literary works that re-construct a century of Cairo's changing social life. Unlike The Literary Atlas of Cairo, which focuses on the literary geopolitics of the cityscape, this companion volume immerses the reader in the complex network of socioeconomic and cultura…
Table of Contents Ritual, Politics, and the City in Fatimid Cairo by Sanders, Paula Terms of Use Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Short Titles Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Introduction Fatimid History: An Overview Approaching Fatimid Rituals Chapter 2 The Ceremonial Idiom Protocols of …
This book provides an understanding of the complexities of political legitimacy in Islamic dynasties by examining Fatimid political culture in Egypt reconstructed from court rituals. The author approaches ritual as a dynamic process through which claims to political and religiou…
This book provides an understanding of the complexities of political legitimacy in Islamic dynasties by examining Fatimid political culture in Egypt reconstructed from court rituals. The author approaches ritual as a dynamic process through which claims to political and religiou…