The American University In Cairo Press: 265 books
Wonderful Things
A History of Egyptology: 1: From Antiquity to 1881
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
The discovery of ancient Egypt and the development of Egyptology are momentous events in intellectual and cultural history. The history of Egyptology is the story of the people, famous and obscure, who constructed the picture of ancient Egypt that we have today, recovered the Egyptian past while inventing...
The Lodging House
A Modern Arabic Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
A young man's dreams for a better future as a student in the Teachers' Institute are shattered after he assaults one of his instructors for discriminating against him. From then on, he begins his descent into the underworld. Penniless, he seeks refuge in Wikalat 'Atiya, a historic but now completely...
by Mohamed Mansi Qandil
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
A journey through Central Asia and beyond, Moon over Samarqand is the story of one Egyptian's quest for the truth. Seeking explanations to his troubled past through a long-lost friend in Samarqand, Ali's travel brings him into encounters with the Uzbekistan of today, yesterday, and once upon a time....
by Mohamed El-Bisatie
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
In a fictional Gulf country, with its gleaming glass towers and imported greenery, the routine of day-to-day life is suddenly interrupted when the national football team qualifies for the World Cup. The Emir issues an edict ordering all native Emiratis to travel to France to support the team, leaving...
Egyptian Cooking
And Other Middle Eastern Recipes
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
Since its original publication twenty years ago, Samia Abdennour's Egyptian Cooking has become a true classic a must-have cookbook for anyone who wants to eat as the Egyptians do. From hearty staples like foul midammis (stewed fava beans) and kushari (a mix of pasta, rice, and lentils under a rich...
Villa of the Birds
The Excavation and Preservation of the Kom al-Dikka Mosaics
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
This fascinating book describes the excavation and preservation of three early Roman villas in Egypt's ancient port city of Alexandria. Chronicling the work of the Polish Archaeological Mission in Alexandria, Villa of the Birds is an engaging and informative account of how these ancient dwellings...
Quakers in the Israeli Palestinian Conflict
The Dilemmas of NGO Humanitarian Activism
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
The Israeli Palestinian conflict has resulted in the longest-standing refugee crisis in the world today. Based on new archival research and interviews with surviving participants, this book considers one early effort to resolve that crisis while offering helpful lessons for current efforts at conflict...
Colors of Enchantment
Theater, Dance, Music, and the Visual Arts of the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2001
In this companion volume to the successful Images of Enchantment: Visual and Performing Arts of the Middle East (AUC Press, 1998), historian and ethnomusicologist Sherifa Zuhur has once again commissioned and edited authoritative essays from noteworthy scholars from around the globe that explore the...
Western Imaginings
The Intellectual Contest to Define Wahhabism
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Wahhabism is often understood as a radical version of Islam responsible for inspiring and motivating Islamic terrorism. Western Imaginings: The Intellectual Contest to Define Wahhabism is an inquiry into how Wahhabism has been understood and represented by Western intellectuals, particularly those...
Poisoned Legacy
The Fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
After the death of RamesesII, the Nineteenth Dynasty, soon fell into decline and familial conflict, culminating in a final civil war that ended with the accession of a new dynasty. Sethy I and Rameses II's promotion of a concept of a wider 'royal family' may have sown the seeds for the conflicts among...
Afterglow of Empire
Egypt from the Fall of the New Kingdom to the Saite Renaissance
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
During the half-millennium from the eleventh through the sixth centuries BC, the power and the glory of the imperial pharaohs of the New Kingdom crumbled in the face of internal crises and external pressures, ultimately reversed by invaders from Nubia and consolidated by natives of the Nile Delta...
Wonderful Things
A History of Egyptology: 3: From 1914 to the Twenty-first Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
The discovery of ancient Egypt and the development of Egyptology are momentous events in intellectual and cultural history. The history of Egyptology is the story of the people, famous and obscure, who constructed the picture of ancient Egypt that we have today, recovered the Egyptian past while inventing...
The Foreign Policies of Arab States
The Challenge of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
The first edition of this book was praised as "a milestone for present and future research on Arab and Third World foreign policies" (American Political Science Review), and "an indispensable aid for those studying or teaching the foreign policies of the contemporary Middle East"...
The Magic of Turquoise
A Modern Arabic Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Was Nirvana's near-fatal accident at sea simply a case of bad timing, or was it attempted suicide? And what was so important about an unread email that made her jump recklessly into the Mediterranean? As Leila tries to make sense of her aunt's fate, Nirvana embarks on a journey through memories and...