For troops in the desert, Cairo meant fleshpots or brass hats. For well-connected officers, it meant polo at the Gezira
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The first comprehensive history of the 1921 Cairo Conference which reveals its enduring impact on the modern Middle East
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The gap between rich and poor is widening in most countries, putting more pressure on women in particular who often find
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A study of Islamic law and political power in the Ottoman Empire’s richest provincial city What did Islamic law mean in
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Cairo Pop is the first book to examine the dominant popular music of Egypt, shababiyya. Scorned or ignored by scholars a
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This pioneer study presents a quantitative analysis of the civilian elite in Mamluk Cairo. Using information about 4,631
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