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Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity
Viola Shafik

American University in Cairo Press, 2007

Since it was first published in 1998, Viola Shafik's Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity has become an indispensable work for scholars of film and the contemporary Middle East. Combining detailed narrative history economic, ideological, and aesthetic with thought-provoking analysis, Arab Cinema provides a comprehensive overview of cinema in the Arab world, tracing the industry s development from colonial times to the present. It analyzes ...

The Essential Tawfiq Al-hakim

American University in Cairo Press, 2008

The importance of Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898 1989) to the emergence of a modern Arabic literature is second only to that of Naguib Mahfouz. If the latter put the novel among the genres of writing that are now an accepted part of literary production in the Arab world today, Tawfiq al-Hakim is recognized as the undisputed creator of a literature of the theater. In this volume, Tawfiq al-Hakim's fame as a playwright is given prominence. Of the more than ...

The Connectors in Modern Standard Arabic

6 reviews
Nariman Al-Warraki, Ahmed Taher Hassanein

American University in Cairo Press, 1994

Beyond the grammar book...
Ths is the most useful book I've found yet for the intermediate or advanced student of Arabic. While a grammar book teaches you all about morphology and is usually sparse on details of syntax, this book will lead you towards the goal of writing idiomatic modern standard Arabic. But to the real beginner, it will seem daunting and over-specialized - it did to me when I first saw it.

Kullu Tamam! An Introduction to Egyptian Colloquial Arabic

4 reviews
Manfred Woidich, Rabha Heinen-Nasr

American University in Cairo Press, 2004

What an excellent book!
After I was at a fairly advanced level of MSA, I was introduced to this book to improve my ECA. The transliteration was a bit odd considering that most people first start with MSA and then move on to ECA, but it helps those who do it the other way around. The vocab in the book, the transition between lessons and the audio files make this book one of the best resources for learning Egyptian ...

The Treasures of Islamic Art in the Museums of Cairo

1 review

American University in Cairo Press, 2006

enlightening tour of Islamic art at Cario museums
The woodworks, ivory carvings, metalwork, ceramics, manuscripts paintings, sculptures, glass, and other art works, despite their variety, different ages, and countries, all "bear something of the essence of the Islamic faith: divine unity, balance, and peace." Unlike much Western art, Islamic art is not meant to be provocative or idiosyncratic. Their are works from Turkey, Iran, and other places ...

Media Arabic: A Coursebook for Reading Arabic News

3 reviews
Alaa Elgibali, Nevenka Korica

American University in Cairo Press, 2008

An example of the new level of excellence in Arabic instruction
This book is a recommended acquisition for the intermediate student of MSA, and is reflective of the improving standard of study texts available to students. The book is outstanding. The thing that most struck me about this book was the terrifically useful and interesting pedagogical structure. The book is divided into chapters by subject area and each chapter is further divided into a ...

Whatever Else Happened to the Egyptians?: From the Revolution to the Age of Globalization

2 reviews
Galal Amin

American University in Cairo Press, 2004

Great Book
One would think the open doors policy was the only reason for the downslope of Egypt and Egyptians, but there is much talk about Social Mobility. I found it very hard to put the book down, the chapters are short, his writing style very interesting and his sarcastic yet 'true' opinion on society. What I found interesting about the book was the 'familiarity' of his chapter. For an Egyptian, one can ...

The Yacoubian Building

48 reviews
Alaa Al Aswany

American University in Cairo Press, 2005

Read in one day!
I resisted this book for a long time. I heard negative and positive things about it. Then the movie or series came out and again I heard negative and positive things. I am an Egyptian living in the US. I am specializing in Middle Eastern Studies. My sister sent me a copy of the Arabic version and my husband a copy of the English version. Today I was bored for an hour or so, that's when I ...

Cairo Modern

1 review
Naguib Mahfouz

American University in Cairo Press, 2008

1940's and still so fresh
This is a well translated classic and an enthralling read. The book itself is beautifully printed on excellent paper and a joy to handle. The story is worthy of a Hitchcock film and has the reader reaching for more.

The Liberation of Women and the New Woman: Two Documents in the History of Egyptian Feminism
Qasim Amin

American University in Cairo Press, 2000

Qasim Amin (1863-1908), an Egyptian lawyer, is best known for his advocacy of women's emancipation in Egypt, through a number of works including The Liberation of Women and The New Woman. In the first of these important books in 1899, he started from the premise that the liberation of women was an essential prerequisite for the liberation of Egyptian society from foreign domination, and used arguments based on Islam to call for an improvement in ...

Kallimni Arabi Aktar: An Upper Intermediate Course in Spoken Egyptian Arabic (Book & Audio CD)

1 review
Samia Louis

American University in Cairo Press, 2007

finally! amiya you can use
For anybody chasing the spectre of 'real' Arabic, some words that don't sound completely contrived in Arabic, the pedantic and rigid MSA with such lumbering phrases like "a laysa ki-dhalik?", this is the book for you! It is not transliterated, which is great because you can see how amiya is just MSA words transformed, rather than rote leaning new words. It's like learning a more easily ...

Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity

6 reviews
Otto F. A. Meinardus

American University in Cairo Press, 2007

Encyclopedic Review of Two Millenia of Faith
"This fine new compendium of Coptic history and life, from the greatly admired scholar Professor Otto Meinardus, will immediately take its place as the one essential Coptic Orthodox desktop reference book in English." Dr. J. Watson, Coptic Church Review, vol. 21, no. 2, summer 2000 Coptic Christianity: In the second century Christianity began to spread to the rural areas, from Alexandria. The ...

Common Birds of Egypt

1 review
Bertel Bruun

American University in Cairo Press, 1998

Birds of Egypt
A nice book to take as a guide to Egypt's birds. Small for packing. Full of pics and information. A difficult subject to find. Glad we have it. Recommend for all birders going to Egypt.

Modern Standard Arabic Vocab Clinic

4 reviews
AUC Press

American University in Cairo Press, 2005

A MUST-HAVE FOR ARABIC LEARNERS
I have been studying Arabic here in Cairo for 3 years now and this software has been a tremendous help. Whenever I need to know the correct pronunciation of a word, I can simply click on it and hear an Egyptian say the word as many times as needed. It even lets me compare the way I say the word to the native speaker's pronunciation. This is an audio-dictionary for your computer, which is a ...

Popular Culture In The Arab World
Andrew Hammond

American University in Cairo Press, 2007

Over the last fifty years the Arab world has witnessed two seemingly contradictory trends: governments have failed to unite the region politically but at the same time a vibrant popular culture has blossomed, strengthening the sense of a shared Arab identity. Egyptian soap operas, Arab pop stars, al-Jazeera television, Islamic televangelists, and a raging debate over the war on terror and the future of the Arabs are just some of the phenomena ...

Whatever Happened to the Egyptians? Changes in Egyptian Society from 1950 to the Present

5 reviews
Galal Amin

American University in Cairo Press, 2001

Unbiased no, entertaining and insighful yes.
I personally and professionally know Galal Amin. I was his colleague at the American University in Cairo for several years and have had the pleasure of socializing with him on many occasions. Though I disagree with him about 99 percent of the time, especially on his views of the West and of the economics profession (he seems to have contempt for both), I find him to be one of the most ...

The Days : His Autobiography in Three Parts (Modern Arabic Writing)

3 reviews
Taha Hussein, E. H. Paxton, ...

American University in Cairo Press, 2001

The Helen Keller of Egypt
Like Helen Keller, Taha Hussain overcame the challenges of his blindness to be an inspiration to everyone who knew him. Born in 1889 in a small village in Egypt, the 7th of 13 children, and blinded in his early childhood by a mistake of the local barber (and village surgeon!), one would expect Taha Hussein to become just another statistic. Instead, his brilliant mind led him to receive the ...

Cairo Maps: The Practical Guide

3 reviews
AUC Press

American University in Cairo Press, 2006

The best available Road Map for Cairo
Published by The American University in Cairo Press It used to cost 30LE, but if my information is right, the price has now increased to 45LE if you buy it in Egypt. If you plan to use only one map in Cairo, then this is the one to buy. It may not be as detailed as some other maps that you have used in other countries or Google maps, but it's the best and most detailed that is available for ...

Cairo Illustrated

2 reviews
Michael Haag

American University in Cairo Press, 2006

El Cahera or Cairo in Arabic
I was born in Cairo, by Italian parents,and I must say that Mr.Haag has done a superb job in going around and discovering all these fantastic places.I saw some, but not all.Indeed it has fascinated me the way he pictured them,and wrote about the locations that he saw.Through his own photographic eye. This book is particularily interesting if you are a woman and would like to visit some of the ...

A Pocket Dictionary of the Spoken Arabic of Cairo: English-Arabic

3 reviews
Virginia Stevens, Maurice Salib

American University in Cairo Press, 2004

a must-have for all who wouldn't be misunderstood
You may take it from a most diligent student of Arabic who came to spend a year in Egypt able to read everything including 7-th century poetry and the Qur'an, only to find herself unable to converse with people and understand what the ... they mean - this little dictionary has been a tremendous help to me as it will be to you. Given the shortage of textbooks and dictionaries of spoken Arabic ...

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