Building Modern Egypt: Boxed Set - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1733552707 ISBN 13: 9781733552707

Publisher: Zeitouna, 2019

Synopsis

This handsome boxed set brings together five delightfully individual books, each beautifully illustrated with archival images and postcards, on some of Egypt’s most iconic institutions and landmarks. Included are: The Suez Canal: A History (edited by Sherif Boraie), The Egyptian Bourse (by Samir Raafat), Downtown Cairo (by Ola Seif; edited by Sherif Boraie), Egyptian Postage, 1866–1967 (preface by Samir Raafat; edited by Sherif Boraie), and Cinema Cairo: Dream Factory on the Nile (by Rasha Azab; edited by Sherif Boraie). Between them covering the period from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, the books illustrate how these icons, which are deeply embedded in the life of the nation, came to shape the course of modern Egypt and to lay its foundations.

About this title

About the Author

Sherif Boraie, a Cairo publisher, lives in Dahshur. Rasha Azab is a journalist, researcher, and scriptwriter with years of experience writing for and about the Egyptian film industry. She is the author of Cinema Cairo (Zeitouna, 2017).

Edition details

• Publisher: Zeitouna
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1733552707
• ISBN 13: 9781733552707
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480
• Editor: Boraie Sherif