Cinematic Cairo : Egyptian urban modernity from reel to real /
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"The relationship between the city and cinema is formidable. The images and sounds of the city found in movies are perhaps the only experience that many people will have of cities they may never visit. Films influence the way we construct images of the world, and accordingly, in many instances, how we operate within it. Cinematic Cairo offers a history of Cairo's urban modernity using film as the primary source of exploration, and cinematic space as both an analytical tool and a medium of critique. Cairo has provided rich subject material for the Egyptian film industry since the inception of the art form at the end of the nineteenth century. The "reel" city-imagined, perceived, and experienced-provides the spatial domain that mirrors change and allows for an interrogation of the "real" city as it encountered modernity over the course of a century. Bringing together chapters by architects and art and literary historians, this volume explores this parallel and convergent relationship through two sections. The first uses films from the 1930s to the end of the twentieth century to illustrate the development of a modern Cairo and its modern subjects. The second section is focused on tracing the transformation of the cinematic city under conditions of neoliberalism, religious fundamentalism, and gender tensions. The result is a comprehensive narrative of the urban modernity of one of the most important cities in the Arab world and Global South."--
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xxxiii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781649031334
Il restauro della Samakhana dei dervisci Mevlevi al Cairo = The restoration of the Mawlawi Samakhana in Cairo = Tarmim Sama khanah al-darawish al-Mawlawiyah bi-al-Qahirah /
: "Traduzione all'arabo : Nabil Gad; traduzione all'inglese : Dina Bakhoum."--Page 4. : 88 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations, plans ; 32 cm
al-Durr al-munaẓẓam fī ziyārat al-Jabal al-Muqaṭṭam al-maʻrūf b"Murshid al-zuwwār ilá qubūr al-abrār" li-Muwaffaq al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻUthmān al-Shāriʻī, al-mutawaffá (615 H/...
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16, 284 pages ; 28 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-257) and indexes. :
9782724709728
2724709721
Islamic Cairo in maps : finding the monuments /
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"This portable, easy-to-use map guide helps you locate over seven hundred Islamic-era monuments in Cairo's historic core, stretching from the city's northern walls all the way southward to the Mosque of Ibn Tulun and the Citadel, and beyond to Coptic Cairo, which includes monuments that pre-date Islamic rule. Clearly divided into six digestible main sections, the first five contain clusters of monuments, whilethe sixth covers structures scattered all around the old Cairene urban fabric. The clear, uncluttered cartographic style makes finding where you want to go a pleasure, and the maps are accompanied by a comprehensive index of monuments that gives their dates where known, their location referenced to their corresponding map pages, and a timeline of key periods and dynasties. Attractively designed in full color and including over twenty photographs of key monuments, this guide is conveniently packed into a slim 104 pages-handy enough to take anywhere and great for planning and remembering excursions. It is not only an ideal companion for the city's visitors and residents but an invaluable resource for historians, writers, and students"--
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1 atlas (104 pages) : color maps ; 21 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781649031112
1649031114