Red like orange

An offbeat tale of creativity, friendship, and finding your voice in this uproarious journey through Cairo's music scene in the early 2000s, where everything from American rock to Egyptian popular songs cultivates big dreamsWINNER OF THE SAWIRIS CULTURAL AWARDFollowing a breakup with his long-ter...

Papa sartre

After a failed study mission in France, Abd al-Rahman returns home to Iraq to launch an existentialist movement akin to that of his hero. Convinced that it falls upon him to introduce his country’s intellectuals to Sartre’s thought, he feels especially qualified by his physical resemblance to the...

A trade in dreams

A lavishly illustrated cultural history of print advertising in EgyptAt the tail end of the nineteenth century, the Industrial Revolution was shifting economies and redrawing global power maps. In this changing world, advertising became more than just a way to sell products—it was a powerful tool...

Honey hunger

WINNER OF THE 2025 SAIF GHOBASH BANIPAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC LITERARY TRANSLATION "An evocative, unpredictable novel."—Words Without BordersA breathtaking novel of longing, uncertainty, and ultimately of hopeAzzan is a beekeeper in a rural community in Oman. Devoted to tending his bees and searching...

The arab national project in youssef chahine’s cinema

A rigorous examination of the work of Egypt’s best-known filmmaker, new in paperbackThis book presents a comprehensive study of the work of Youssef Chahine. Its methodological approach, and more precisely, the discussion of the theme of Arab national unity from a post-colonial point of view, emph...

Reconstruction as violence in assad's syria

A sustained critique of postwar reconstruction in Syria as a politically neutral process In 2011, emboldened by the Arab Spring, the Syrians rose up against their government. The Syrian regime used violence to suppress the protests, so that what began as pro-democracy protests eventually morphed ...

Edward said

“A learned and intimate exploration of Said’s thought with deep relevance for today’s debates about Palestine and Israel and American intellectual life.”—Peter Beinart, author of Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza An exploration of the political thought of one of the twentieth century's m...

The medieval mediterranean between islam and christianity

Christian–Islamic encounters through religious arts, architecture, and material culture in the medieval eraThe coexistence of Christianity and Islam in the medieval Mediterranean led to an interchange of knowledge in architecture and material culture that went well beyond religious and geographic...

Annales du service des antiquités de l’egypte

For centuries, Egyptian civilization and its antiquities have inspired passionate interest. Archaeologists, engineers, astronomers, poets, painters, people of different cultures, and travelers have been riveted by Egypt’s ancient monuments. How much do we really know about these awe-inspiring won...

From reading to writing, volume 1

A new comprehensive approach to teaching Arabic reading and writing skills to heritage students at the intermediate and advanced levelsFrom Reading to Writing, Volume 1 is a content- and task-based textbook for students of Arabic as a heritage language at the intermediate and advanced levels, aim...

Arab cinema

Since it was first published, 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 pr...

Islamic theology and the problem of evil

A rigorous study of the problem of evil in Islamic theology Like their Jewish and Christian co-religionists, Muslims have grappled with how God, who is perfectly good, compassionate, merciful, powerful, and wise permits intense and profuse evil and suffering in the world. At its core, Islamic The...

Race and slavery in the middle east

In the nineteenth century hundreds of thousands of Africans were forcibly migrated northward to Egypt and other eastern Mediterranean destinations, yet relatively little is known about them. Studies have focused mainly on the mamluk and harem slaves of elite households, who were mostly white, and...

The jinn daughter

FINALIST FOR THE NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARD BEST SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY: AN AMAZON EDITORS' PICK A stunning debut novel and an impressive feat of storytelling that pulls together mythology, magic, and ancient legend in the gripping story of a mother's struggle to save her only daugh...

The critical case of a man called k

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION A sensitive and at times darkly humorous story of a young man’s experience of illness, his contemplation of death, and his determination to maintain his independence through it all After reading Kafka, K decides to write his own diary...

Time of white horses

WINNER OF THE 2026 NEUSTADT INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE ~ SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION"Nasrallah's intensely eloquent voice gives Western audiences an insight into the lives of the marginalized "—New StatesmanSpanning the collapse of Ottoman rule and the Briti...

Description of egypt

The great nineteenth-century British traveler Edward William Lane (1801–76) was the author of a number of highly influential works: An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians (1836), his translation of The Thousand and One Nights (1839–41), Selections from the Kur-an (1843), an...

Thirteen ways to make a plural

An essential guide for anyone seeking to learn Arabic, including tips and tricks to make the process more productive Arabic is one of the world’s most complex and fascinating languages, but many students dive into it without first understanding what they are aiming for, much less knowing how they...

The lamp of umm hashim

The first of several works in Arabic to deal with the way in which an individual tries to come to terms with two divergent cultures

Discovery at rosetta

The dream

A Syrian filmmaker's haunting record of his time in Lebanon's Palestinian refugee campsIn 1980, Syrian filmmaker Mohammad Malas traveled to Lebanon to film a documentary of interviews with Palestinians of the refugee camps around Beirut about their dreams. The Dream: A Diary of the Film is Malas’...

The political economy of reforms in egypt

The definitive account of Egypt's economy from 1952 to the present day, new in paperbackWhat are the long-term structural features of the Egyptian economy? What are the factors that have facilitated or inhibited its performance? This crucial and timely work answers these questions and more by exa...

Islamic cairo in maps

A portable, easy-to-use map guide that locates over 700 hundred Islamic-era monuments in historic Cairo using the most sophisticated Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technologyThis portable, easy-to-use map guide helps you locate over seven hundred Islamic-era monuments in Cairo’s historic co...

A history of arab graphic design

PROSE Award Winner, Art History & Criticism “Easily the best introduction to the history of modern Arab visual culture on the market today.”—The Brooklyn Rail The first-ever book-length history of Arab graphic designArab graphic design emerged in the early twentieth century out of a need to i...

Coptic christians and muslims in egypt

For the most part of their shared history, Copts and Muslims in Egypt have experienced bouts of sectarian tension alternating with peaceful coexistence. Copts and Muslims in Egypt tells the story of Muslim–Christian relations in Egypt from the coming of Islam to the aftermath of the January 2011 ...

The disappearance of mr. nobody

WINNER OF THE NAGUIB MAHFOUZ MEDAL FOR LITERATURE A BEST NEW BOOK OF 2023 (THE NEW ARAB)ONE OF THE 50 MOST IMPORTANT ARABIC NOVELS OF THE 21ST CENTURY (THE NATIONAL) A man disappears without trace and the detective in search of him finds more than he expected In Rouiba, a nondescript suburb of Al...

The tentmakers of cairo

Stories from Cairo's historic Street of the Tentmakers, its craft and its people "An expansive and captivating history of an often overlooked traditional art"—Egyptian StreetsIn the crowded center of Historic Cairo lies a covered market lined with wonderful textiles sewn by hand in brilliant col...

Heart of the night

Nobel winning author, Naguib Mahfouz's late-translated novella, Heart of the Night is now available for the first time in paperback Jaafar Ibrahim Sayyed al-Rawi is guided by his motto, “let life be filled with holy madness to the last breath.” He narrates his life story to a friend during one lo...

The time-travels of the man who sold pickles and sweets

Ibn Shalaby, like many Egyptians, is looking for a job. Yet, unlike most of his fellow citizens, he is prone to sudden dislocations in time. Armed with his trusty briefcase and his Islamic-calendar wristwatch, he bounces uncontrollably through Egypt’s rich and varied past, with occasional return ...

The coffeehouse

Mahfouz's last novel, an evocative depiction of life in Egypt in the twentieth century as told through the lives of a group of friends, is now available in paperback for the first time On a school playground in the stylish Cairo suburb of Abbasiya, five young boys become friends for life, making...

Cairo contested

This cross-disciplinary, ethnographic, contextualized, and empirical volume—with an updated introduction to take account of the dramatic events of early 2011—explores the meaning and significance of urban space, and maps the spatial inscription of power on the mega-city of Cairo. Suspicious of co...

Yalla!

An indispensable reference book of Egyptian Colloquial Arabic verbs for students and teachersMastering the conjugation of Egyptian Colloquial Arabic (ECA) verbs is an essential part of the student’s learning process, and it is equally challenging for instructors to ensure that the student has int...

20 egyptian songs to learn and sing

Songs are a great way to learn a language, and popular songs can reveal much about the culture and traditions of a country where the language is spoken. 20 Egyptian Songs to Learn and Sing brings together twenty songs performed by popular Egyptian singers, from iconic twentieth-century diva Umm K...

Writing arabic

This book, abundantly illustrated with examples of Arabic handwriting, calligraphy, and typography, clearly presents the development of Arabic writing styles, from the beginning with reed pens to twenty-first century computerized typesetting. The author explains the importance of writing instrume...

Zikrayat

Jewish women exiled from Egypt to New York share glimpses of a lost world, by the author of Khul-Khaal: Five Egyptian Women Tell Their StoriesBetween 1948 and 1957, a period that witnessed two wars between Egypt and Israel, 60,000 members of Egypt’s 75,000-strong Jewish population left the countr...

Educating egypt

The everyday practices, policy ideas, and ideological and political battles that have shaped Egyptian education, from the era of nation-building in the twentieth century to the age of digital disruption in the twenty-first  From the 1952 revolution onward, a main purpose of formal education in Eg...

Kallimni ‘arabi bishweesh

The complete series of innovative new coursebooks in Egyptian colloquial ArabicDrawing on her years of experience as an Arabic instructor and course developer, Samia Louis has used a functional approach to create a bright, innovative set of coursebooks for the study of Egyptian colloquial Arabic—...

Revisiting levels of contemporary arabic in egypt

A leading-edge study of Arabic varieties and how they are used, written by distinguished scholars in the field El-Said Badawi’s seminal Mustawayat al-‘arabiya al-mu‘asira fi Misr (Levels of Contemporary Arabic in Egypt) was first published in Arabic in 1973. Its theory of interrelated language ...

Kilma hilwa

One of the best ways to learn a language is by studying the media that native speakers listen to. Here, Cairo-based Arabic teacher Bahaa Ed-Din Ossama presents twenty songs in Egyptian Arabic performed by popular singers from Umm Kulthoum to Mohamed Mounir and builds a variety of language lesson...

Egypt's housing crisis

A provocative analysis of the roots of Egypt’s housing crisis and the ways in which it can be tackled Along with football and religion, housing is a fundamental cornerstone of Egyptian life: it can make or break marriage proposals, invigorate or slow down the economy, and popularize or embarrass ...

All strangers are kin

Winner of the 2017 SATW Lowell Thomas Award for Best Travel Book Join O’Neill for a grand tour through the Middle East. You will laugh with her in Egypt, delight in the stories she passes on from the United Arab Emirates, and find yourself transformed by her experiences in Lebanon and Morocco. Sh...

Traces

One of Egypt's greatest contemporary writers reflects on life and love This haunting memoir, written ten years before al-Ghitani’s death, weaves together a series of vignettes in a style that mimics the uneven, discontinuous nature of memory itself. These fragments are summoned from across the...

Contesting antiquity in egypt

The history of the struggles for control over Egypt's antiquities, and their repercussions, during a period of intense national ferment The sensational discovery in 1922 of Tutankhamun’s tomb, close on the heels of Britain’s declaration of Egyptian independence, accelerated the growth in Egypt o...

Cairo's ultras

The history of Cairo’s football fans is one of the most poignant narratives of the 25 January 2011 Egyptian uprising. The Ultras Al-Ahly and the Ultras White Knights fans, belonging to the two main teams, Al-Ahly F.C. and Zamalek F.C respectively, became embroiled in the street protests that brou...

Building arabic vocabulary through reading

The authors of this textbook have carefully selected a lively variety of texts that cover controversial issues and current events, which are likely to arouse students’ attention and interest. In the course of reading to learn, students will not only practice reading strategies, but they will also...

Women of karantina

Back in the dog days of the early twenty-first century a pair of lovebirds fleeing a murder charge in Cairo pull in to Alexandria’s main train station. Through three generations of Grand Guignol insanity, Nael Eltoukhy’s sly psychopomp of a narrator is our guide not only to the teeming cast of p...

Truths and lies in the middle east

A gripping memoir by one of the twentieth century’s most celebrated Middle East journalistsBorn in Cairo to an Egyptian Jewish family, Eric Rouleau was one of the most celebrated journalists of his generation, a status he owed to his extraordinary career, which began when the director of Le Monde...

Afterglow of empire

From the eleventh through the sixth centuries BC, the power and the glory of the imperial pharaohs of Egypt's 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 following a series of ...

Advanced arabic through discussion

A creative approach to Arabic language learning through lively topical discussion