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Published by Brand: American University in Cairo Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 9774246683ISBN 13: 9789774246685
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Softcover. Condition: Good. 2. Through a detailed examination of a renowned Arab mystical poet, Th. Emil Homerin provides one of the first case studies to illustrate an obscure aspect of popular Islamic faith--the sanctification of saints and the creation of shrines in medieval times. Despite the fact that Muslims have venerated saints for more than a thousand years, Islam has never developed a formal means of canonization, and the process of sanctification remains an important but largely neglected dimension of Islamic scholarship. In "From Arab Poet to Muslim Saint", Homerin explores this uncharted territory by following the fortunes of a single Sufi saint over seven and a half centuries.Regarded as a saint within a generation of his death, 'Umar Ibn al-Farid (1181-1235) is still venerated at his shrine in Cairo. Contemporary religious singers and writers, including Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, continue to cite the poet's verse. Using biographies, hagiographies, polemics, legal rulings, histories, and novels, Homerin traces the course of Ibn al-Farid's saintly reputation. He relates the rise and fall of Ibn al-Farid's popularity to Egypt's changing religious, cultural, and political environment.
Published by Brand: Amer Univ in Cairo Pr, 1987
ISBN 10: 9774241355ISBN 13: 9789774241352
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Softcover. Condition: Good. 0. The Beggar, set in Cairo in the early 1950s, portrays the psychological torment of Omar, an ardent revolutionary in youth who in middle age has been left behind by Nasser's Revolution. His conscience has fled. As he struggles with psychological renewal, he sacrifices his work and his family to a series of illicit love affairs, which simply increase his alienation from himself and from the rest of the others. Mahfouz draws the reader not only inside the mind of the central character but also into the conscience of a nation as it tries to chart its course between the often contradictory realms of art and science, idealism and realism.<br /><br />The Swedish Academy of Letters in awarding Naguib Mahfouz the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature noted that Mahfouz "through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabic narrative art that applies to all mankind."
Published by Brand: American University in Cairo Press, 1993
ISBN 10: 977424365XISBN 13: 9789774243653
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Softcover. Condition: Good. For anthropologists an 'early civilization' is historically the earliest form of a class-based society. In this original and provocative book, Bruce Trigger places our understanding of ancient Egypt in perspective through a comparative examination of Egypt during the Old and Middle Kingdoms with the early civilizations of the Inkas, the Shang and Western Chou of China, the Aztecs and their neighbors, the classic Mayas, the Yorubas and Benin, and ancient Mesopotamia.Professor Trigger investigates the economic foundations of these early civilizations, their politics and culture, and their religious traditions, drawing some surprising conclusions. His innovative work adds a new dimension to our understanding of early civilizations, charting new courses for their study in the future and indicating for both anthropologists and Egyptologists the value of comparative studies.Enhanced by an important bibliographical essay, the book broadens our understanding of the similarities and differences among ancient civilizations.
Published by Brand: The American University in Cairo Press, 2024
ISBN 10: 9774246772ISBN 13: 9789774246777
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. From a beginning in an Egyptian Delta town and the port of Alexandria to the scenic vistas of sunny southern California, Ahmed Zewail takes us on a voyage through time - his own life and the split-second world of the femtosecond. In this engaging expose of his life and work until his receipt of the Nobel Prize in 1999, Zewail explores in non-technical language the landscape of molecules glimpsed on the scale of one quadrillionth of a second: the femtosecond, 0.000 000 000 000 001 second.
Published by Brand: Amer Univ in Cairo Pr, 2004
ISBN 10: 9774248732ISBN 13: 9789774248733
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Book by Bertinetti, Marcello.
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Published by Brand: Amer Univ in Cairo Pr, 2023
ISBN 10: 9774248007ISBN 13: 9789774248009
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Softcover. Condition: Good. UK ed. Book by Weeks, Kent R.
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Published by Brand: American University in Cairo Press, 1998
ISBN 10: 9774244958ISBN 13: 9789774244957
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Softcover. Condition: Good. The Mother of the World as seen through the lens of French photographer Jean Pierre Ribire and the pen of Egyptian writer Sonallah Ibrahim. The result is a rich and highly original portrait of a city. Ribire's seventy powerful photographs capture fugitive moments in urban life and architecture, in which historic grandeur meets modernity in a race with time. Meanwhile, Sonallah Ibrahim's incisive exploration of Cairo's past and his own past reveals a man living on the edge of a city living on the edge of itself.
Published by Brand: American University in Cairo Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 9774246322ISBN 13: 9789774246326
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Second Printing. A single artist's depiction of the (mostly) historic.
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Published by Brand: American University in Cairo Press, 1997
ISBN 10: 9774244095ISBN 13: 9789774244094
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Subsequent. Stewart surveys the vicissitudes of the city and makes sense of its highlights and lowlights, its times of glory and its times of misery, its heroic leaders and its cowardly tyrants. Sometimes a provincial outpost, sometimes an imperial capital, plunging from pinnacles of wealth, patronage, and achievement to sloughs of famine and cannibalism and rising again, Cairo--whose name means 'the Triumphant'--has changed and survived, and remains an astonishing and remarkable city.
Published by Brand: American University in Cairo Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 9774247051ISBN 13: 9789774247057
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. F First Edition. The west bank of the Nile opposite the modern city of Luxor, often referred to as western Thebes, is probably the richest archaeological site in the world. This area has attracted travelers since ancient times, and many have left their impressions of the monuments in the form of graffiti, historical texts, scholarly books, and travel guides. Beginning even before Napoleon's expedition to Egypt in 1798, which included a large group of scholars, architects, artists, and scientists, Europeans flocked to visit and record the ruins of ancient Thebes. Independent scholars such as John Gardiner Wilkinson lived at Thebes for extended periods; professional Egyptologists such as Jean-Francois Champollion, Ippolito Rosellini, and Karl Richard Lepsius organized scholarly expeditions to the site. The beauty of the landscape and monuments such as the Colossi of Memnon, the Ramesseum, and the royal tombs of the Valley of the Kings also inspired poets, writers, and artists such as the romantic painter David Roberts, who published more than 100 works, many based on sketches done at Thebes. Explorers and Artists in the Valley of the Kings presents some of the wealth of etchings, sketches, and watercolors that were produced by European travelers to western Thebes between about 1740 and 1860 and tells the story of Europe's rediscovery of the ancient civilization of Egypt.
Published by Brand: American University in Cairo Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 9774247019ISBN 13: 9789774247019
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. There can be few if any historians working in the wide field of Middle East Studies--and certainly none in the world of Islamic art and architecture--who are unacquainted with historian and archaeologist George Scanlon. At different times from the mid-1950s to the present day he has lived, worked, and studied in Egypt. For a major part of that period, he has been associated with the American University in Cairo, where he is currently professor of Islamic art and architecture in the Department of Arabic Studies.Although diverse in subject matter, the essays collected here in his honor together present a composite picture of Cairo, and more broadly of Islamic history and culture, from early medieval times to the present day. As such they provide a fitting tribute to one of the most eminent of scholars in the field. Some contributors are one-time students of Professor Scanlon, others are colleagues who, over the years, have worked with him in Egypt, the United States, or Britain. The essays themselves reflect the wide variety of sources contributors have drawn on from international Islamic collections and archives for topics that range broadly from medieval artifacts, architecture, and society to current issues of law, literature, philosophy, and urban change.
Published by Brand: American University in Cairo Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 9771724312ISBN 13: 9789771724315
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Book by Chittock, Lorraine.
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Published by Brand: American University in Cairo Press, 1998
ISBN 10: 9774244052ISBN 13: 9789774244056
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 8 1/2 x 11, 130 color, 50 black and white illustrations.
Published by Brand: Amer Univ in Cairo Pr, 2002
ISBN 10: 9774246497ISBN 13: 9789774246494
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Published by Brand: American University in Cairo Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 9774248686ISBN 13: 9789774248689
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Revised. The guide described by the New York Times as ''indispensable,'' revised and updated for 2005, fills a vital niche for expatriates and Cairenes alike who need a helping hand to organize -- and enjoy -- the challenges of a sojourn in Cairo. The basics of daily life -- finding a flat, transporting personal goods, investigating school options for children, navigating Egypt's famous bureaucracy, and the intricacies of feeding and clothing oneself and one's family from the local market -- are all detailed here. Advice gathered from a wide range of Cairo insiders, both native and foreign, gives the reader a cornucopia of current facts on prices, neighborhoods, product availability, work and business opportunities, and the dizzying range of cultural and leisure pursuits that Cairo is famous for.The format of this edition addresses the needs of independently minded tourists as well as residents by the inclusion of: an A to Z directory of goods, services, and interests subdivided by neighborhood; a language section on the basics of Cairene Arabic; and details on shopping and sightseeing from a resident's perspective. Cairo: The Practical Guide is the key to deciphering the complexities of living, working, and enjoying life in one of the world's most exciting and dauntingly complex mega-cities.
Published by Brand: American University in Cairo Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 9774247582ISBN 13: 9789774247583
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Published by Brand: American Univ. in Cairo Press, 1992
ISBN 10: 9774242556ISBN 13: 9789774242557
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Published by Brand: The American University in Cairo Press, 1999
ISBN 10: 9774245040ISBN 13: 9789774245046
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Published by Brand: American University in Cairo Press, 1999
ISBN 10: 9774245113ISBN 13: 9789774245114
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Published by Brand: American University in Cairo Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 9774244087ISBN 13: 9789774244087
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Published by Brand: American University in Cairo Press, 1987
ISBN 10: 9774241290ISBN 13: 9789774241291
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