The literary life of Cairo : one hundred years in the heart of the city / Samia Mehrez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mehrez, Samia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic literature--History and criticism.

Arabic literature.

Cairo (Egypt)--Social life and customs.

Cairo (Egypt).

Cairo (Egypt)--In literature.

Egypt--In literature.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (450 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cairo, Egypt : The American University in Cairo Press, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Unlike The Literary Atlas of Cairo, which focuses on the literary geopolitics of the cityscape, this companion volume immerses the reader in the complex network of socioeconomic and cultural lives in the city. The seven chapters first introduce the reader to representations of some of Cairo's prominent profiles, both political and cultural, and their impact on the city's literary geography, before presenting a spectrum of readings of the city by its multiethnic, multinational, and multilingual writers across class, gender, and generation. Daunting images of colonial school experiences and star

Contents:

Halftitle Page

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Cairo, Mother of Cities, Again and Again

Icons of the City

Robert Solé, Birds of Passage

Ahmad Hussein, And Cairo Burned

Nawal El Saadawi, Walking through Fire

Ahdaf Soueif, In the Eye of the Sun

Mohamed Mansi Qandil, Broken Soul

Edward Said, Homage to a Belly Dancer

Mahmoud Al-Wardani, Heads Ripe for Plucking

Naguib Mahfouz, The Day the Leader was Killed

Ahdaf Soueif, The Map of Love

Ibrahim Issa, The Assassination of the Big Man

Cairo Cosmopolitan

Ihsan Abdel Quddus, I am Free

Fathy Ghanem, A Girl from Shubra

Midhat Gazalé, Pyramids Road

Chafika Hamamsy Zamalek

Colette Rossant, Apricots on the Nile

Alaa Al Aswany, Mme Zitta Mendès, A Last Image

Samia Serageldin, The Cairo House

Mohamed Berrada, Like a Summer Never to Be Repeated

Ghazi Abdel Rahman al-Qusaybi, The Apartment of Freedom

Bahaa Abdelmegid, Saint Theresa

Yasser Abdel Latif, The Law of Inheritance

Alaa Al Aswany, The Yacoubian Building

Hamdi Abu Golayyel, Thieves in Retirement

Going to School in Cairo

Naguib Mahfouz, Palace Walk

Hassan Hassan, In the House of Muhammad Ali

Taha Hussein, The Days

Ihab Hassan, Out of Egypt

Leila Ahmed, A Border Passage

Laila Osayran, Colored Ribbons from My Life

Edward Said, Out of Place

Miral al-Tahawy The Blue Aubergine

Khaled Al Khamissi, Taxi

The Street Is Ours?

Huda Shaarawi, Harem Years

Latifa al-Zayyat, The Open Door

Idris Ali, Poor.

Robert Solé, Birds of Passage

Ghaleb Halasa, The Novelists

Latifa al-Zayyat, The Search: Personal Papers

Hala El Badry, A Certain Woman

Radwa Ashour, Warm Rock

Ibrahim Asian, The HeronSalwa Bakr, Zeenat Marches in the President's Funeral

Mona Prince, Three Suitcases for Departure

Mourid Barghouti, Checkpoints

Sharif Hatatah, The Eye with an Iron Lid

Raouf Musad, The Ostrich Egg

Sonallah Ibrahim, The Smell of It

Nawal El Saadawi, Memoirs from the Women's Prison

Hamdi el-Gazzar, Secret Pleasures

Women in the City

Tawfiq al-Hakim, The Return of the Spirit

Naguib Mahfouz, Midaq Alley

Fathy Ghanem, The Man Who Lost His Shadow

Yusuf Idris, The Siren

Sonallah Ibrahim, Zaat

Mohamed Salah al-Azab, Frequent Stops

Salwa Bakr, The Golden Chariot

Amira Abou-Taleb,, Barbed Silk

Ghada Abdel Al, I Want to Get Married

Cairo's Underworld

Maguid Tobia, Five Unread Papers

Yahya Taher Abdullah, The Story of the Upper Egyptian

Hamdi Abu Golayyel, A Dog with No Tail

Salwa Bakr, Zeenat Marches in the President's Funeral

Mekkawi Said, Cairo Swan Song

Hamid Abdel Samad, Farewell, Heaven

Idris Ali, Poor

Mohamed al-Fakharani, An Interval for Bewilderment

Hani Abdel Mourid, Kyrie Eleison

Cairo's Drug Culture

Naguib Mahfouz, Adrift on the Nile

Yusuf Idris, Did You Have to Turn on the Light, Lili?

Ismail Wali al-Din, Saqqara Grief

Albert Cossery, Proud Beggars

Gamil Atia Ibrahim, Down to the Sea

Khairy Shalaby The Hashish Waiter.

Yasser Abdel Hafez, In Celebration of Life

Raouf Musad, Ithaka

Yahya Taher Abdullah, A Tale with a Moral

Bahaa Abdelmegid, Sleeping with Strangers

Essam Youssef, A ¼ Gram

Epilogue

Sherine Aboul Naga, Cairo Treason

Sonallah Ibrahim, Cairo From Edge to Edge

About the Authors

Bibliography

Glossary

Index of Authors.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, viewed August 29, 2017).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781617971709

1617971707

9781617974519

161797451X

OCLC:

1193120864