Cairo By Night

Author : Raphael Cormack
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393541144

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Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt's Roaring '20s by Raphael Cormack Pdf

A vibrant portrait of the talented and entrepreneurial women who defined an era in Cairo. One of the world’s most multicultural cities, twentieth-century Cairo was a magnet for the ambitious and talented. During the 1920s and ’30s, a vibrant music, theater, film, and cabaret scene flourished, defining what it meant to be a “modern” Egyptian. Women came to dominate the Egyptian entertainment industry—as stars of the stage and screen but also as impresarias, entrepreneurs, owners, and promoters of a new and strikingly modern entertainment industry. Raphael Cormack unveils the rich histories of independent, enterprising women like vaudeville star Rose al-Youssef (who launched one of Cairo’s most important newspapers); nightclub singer Mounira al-Mahdiyya (the first woman to lead an Egyptian theater company) and her great rival, Oum Kalthoum (still venerated for her soulful lyrics); and other fabulous female stars of the interwar period, a time marked by excess and unheard-of freedom of expression. Buffeted by crosswinds of colonialism and nationalism, conservatism and liberalism, “religious” and “secular” values, patriarchy and feminism, this new generation of celebrities offered a new vision for women in Egypt and throughout the Middle East.

Author : Michael David Lukas
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780399181184

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The Last Watchman of Old Cairo by Michael David Lukas Pdf

In this “wonderfully rich” (San Francisco Chronicle) novel from the author of the internationally bestselling The Oracle of Stamboul, a young man journeys from California to Cairo to unravel centuries-old family secrets. “This book is a joy.”—Rabih Alameddine, author of the National Book Award finalist An Unnecessary Woman WINNER OF: THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION’S SOPHIE BRODY AWARD • THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD IN FICTION • THE SAMI ROHR PRIZE FOR JEWISH LITERATURE • Named One of the Ten Best Books of the Year by the BBC • Longlisted for the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association Fiction Prize • A Penguin Random House International One World, One Book Selection • Honorable Mention for the Middle East Book Award Joseph, a literature student at Berkeley, is the son of a Jewish mother and a Muslim father. One day, a mysterious package arrives on his doorstep, pulling him into a mesmerizing adventure to uncover the centuries-old history that binds the two sides of his family. From the storied Ibn Ezra Synagogue in Old Cairo, where generations of his family served as watchmen, to the lives of British twin sisters Agnes and Margaret, who in 1897 leave Cambridge on a mission to rescue sacred texts that have begun to disappear from the synagogue, this tightly woven multigenerational tale illuminates the tensions that have torn communities apart and the unlikely forces that attempt to bridge that divide. Moving and richly textured, The Last Watchman of Old Cairo is a poignant portrait of the intricate relationship between fathers and sons, and an unforgettable testament to the stories we inherit and the places we are from. Praise for The Last Watchman of Old Cairo “A beautiful, richly textured novel, ambitious and delicately crafted, The Last Watchman of Old Cairo is both a coming-of-age story and a family history, a wide-ranging book about fathers and sons, religion, magic, love, and the essence of storytelling. This book is a joy.”—Rabih Alameddine, author of the National Book Award finalist An Unnecessary Woman “Lyrical, compassionate and illuminating.”—BBC “Michael David Lukas has given us an elegiac novel of Cairo—Old Cairo and modern Cairo. Lukas’s greatest flair is in capturing the essence of that beautiful, haunted, shabby, beleaguered yet still utterly sublime Middle Eastern city.”—Lucette Lagnado, author of The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit and The Arrogant Years “Brilliant.”—The Jerusalem Post

Author : John Payne
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : Tales, Arabian
ISBN : 9781716145469

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The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I (Esprios Classics) by John Payne Pdf

Author : James Bruce of Kinnaird
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752351224

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Travels To Discover the Source of the Nile by James Bruce of Kinnaird Pdf

Reproduction of the original: Travels To Discover the Source of the Nile by James Bruce of Kinnaird

Author : C. A. Suleiman
Publisher : White Wolf Games Studio
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001-12
Category : Fantasy games
ISBN : 1588462153

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Cairo by Night by C. A. Suleiman Pdf

What are we? The Damned childer of caine? The grotesque lords of humanity? The pitiful wretches of eternal hell? We are vampires, and that is enough. I am a vampire, and that is far more than enough. I am that which must be feared, worshipped and adored. The world is mine -- now and forever. No one holds command over me. No man. No god. No prince. What is a claim of age for ones who are immortal? What is a claim of power for ones who defy death? Call your damnable hunt. We shall see whom I drag screaming to hell with me. A chronicle setting that focuses on two of Vampire's core themes: the Final Nights and the price of eternal unlife.

Author : Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9783849652418

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Oriental Cairo - The City of the Arabian Nights by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen Pdf

Mr. Sladen found that Cairo included a glorious mediaeval city of the Arabian Nights, with innumerable monuments of medieval Arab architecture and unspoiled native life. To this he strives to call attention in a book that he hopes to make "chatty and interesting." And he unquestionably succeeds. Mr. Sladen at his best is easily capable of writing. By reading the book the toursit will learn "How to Shop in Cairo," as well as how to enjoy the "Humors of the Esbekiya" and countless other entertaining features of this variegated modern capital. He will even know the "Artist's Bits in Cairo," and will receive explicit directions how to find them. In other words, he need no longer be a "tame tourist" in the hands of a masterful dragoman.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117452370

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Aeroplane and Commercial Aviation News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Juan Sebastián Correa Cáceres
Publisher : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9783832556471

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The Aulos in Classical and Late Antiquity. Acculturation, Diffusion, and Syncretism in Socio-Musical Processes of the Mediterranean by Juan Sebastián Correa Cáceres Pdf

The aulos, an extinct musical instrument consisting of a cylindrical-bore pipe with finger holes and a double reed for a mouthpiece, was a very popular wind instrument during antiquity (c.1000 BC-AD 600). Through a comprehensive analysis of written, archaeological, and iconographic sources, this book presents a holistic view of this musical instrument, its past, and its consequential history. This study is further substantiated by ethnographic data from Sardinia and Egypt, where the launeddas and the arghul were explored respectively. A new understanding of the history of the aulos is presented through the establishment of parallels between past and contemporary music-related practices.

Author : Mahmoud Manzalaoui
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Short stories, Arabic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Arabic Writing Today by Mahmoud Manzalaoui Pdf

Author : Naguib Mahfouz
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781617973062

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Heart of the Night by Naguib Mahfouz Pdf

Nobel winning author, Naguib Mahfouz's late-translated novella, Heart of the Night is now available for the first time in paperback Jaafar Ibrahim Sayyed al-Rawi is guided by his motto, “let life be filled with holy madness to the last breath.” He narrates his life story to a friend during one long night in a café in old Cairo. Through a series of bad decisions, he has lost everything: his family, his position in society, and his fortune. A man driven by his passions, he married a beautiful Bedouin nomad for love, and as a consequence pays a punishingly high price. From a life of comfort with a promising future guaranteed by his wealthy grandfather, he descended to the spartan life of a pauper, after being disinherited. Jaafar faces his tribulations with surprising stoicism and hope, sustained by his strong convictions, his spirituality, his sense of mission, and his deep desire to bring social justice to his people. Heart of the Night is a classic Mahfouz gem exploring marriage across class lines, spirituality, and the harsh realities of a precarious, life written by one of Egypt's most celebrated literary masters.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 772 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1840
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10613103

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The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and foreign India, China and Australasia by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1789
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590027667

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Arabian nights entertainments, tr. into Fr. by m. Galland, and now done into English by Anonim Pdf

Author : Leonard C. Smithers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Fairy tales
ISBN : HARVARD:HN34CG

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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night by Leonard C. Smithers Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Folklore
ISBN : NLI:2796804-10

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The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : UM Libraries
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Cooking
ISBN : UOM:39015025959696

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The Michigan Alumnus by Anonim Pdf

In volumes1-8: the final number consists of the Commencement annual.