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Laugh like an Egyptian

Author : Cristina Dozio
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110725517
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Laugh like an Egyptian written by Cristina Dozio and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Egyptians are known among the Arabs as awlād al-nukta, Sons of the Jokes, for their ability to laugh in face of adversity. This creative weapon has been directed against socio-political targets both in times of oppression and popular upheaval, such as the 2011 Tahrir Revolution. This book looks at the literary expression of Egyptian humour in the novels of Muḥammad Mustajāb, Khayrī Shalabī, and Ḥamdī Abū Julayyil, three writers who revive the comic tradition to innovate the language of contemporary fiction. Their modern tricksters, wise fools, and antiheroes play with the stereotypical traits attached to the ordinary Egyptians, while laughing at the universal contradictions of life. This ability to combine local and global culture, literary traditions and popular references, makes them a stimulating read in an intercultural perspective. Combining humour studies and literary criticism, this book examines language play and narrative creativity to understand which strategies craft Egyptian literary humour. In doing so, it sheds light on the contribution of humour to literary innovations of Egyptian fiction since the late Seventies, while adding new writers to those who are considered the masters of humour in the Arab novel.

Laugh like an Egyptian

Author : Cristina Dozio
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 311072541X
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Laugh like an Egyptian written by Cristina Dozio and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Egyptians are known among the Arabs as awlād al-nukta, Sons of the Jokes, for their ability to laugh in face of adversity. This creative weapon has been directed against socio-political targets both in times of oppression and popular upheaval, such as the 2011 Tahrir Revolution. This book looks at the literary expression of Egyptian humour in the novels of Muḥammad Mustajāb, Khayrī Shalabī, and Ḥamdī Abū Julayyil, three writers who revive the comic tradition to innovate the language of contemporary fiction. Their modern tricksters, wise fools, and antiheroes play with the stereotypical traits attached to the ordinary Egyptians, while laughing at the universal contradictions of life. This ability to combine local and global culture, literary traditions and popular references, makes them a stimulating read in an intercultural perspective. Combining humour studies and literary criticism, this book examines language play and narrative creativity to understand which strategies craft Egyptian literary humour. In doing so, it sheds light on the contribution of humour to literary innovations of Egyptian fiction since the late Seventies, while adding new writers to those who are considered the masters of humour in the Arab novel.

Revolution for Dummies

Author : Bassem Youssef
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062446916
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Revolution for Dummies written by Bassem Youssef and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Hilarious and Heartbreaking. Comedy shouldn’t take courage, but it made an exception for Bassem.” --Jon Stewart "The Jon Stewart of the Arabic World"—the creator of The Program, the most popular television show in Egypt’s history—chronicles his transformation from heart surgeon to political satirist, and offers crucial insight into the Arab Spring, the Egyptian Revolution, and the turmoil roiling the modern Middle East, all of which inspired the documentary about his life, Tickling Giants. Bassem Youssef’s incendiary satirical news program, Al-Bernameg (The Program), chronicled the events of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, and the rise of Mubarak’s successor, Mohamed Morsi. Youssef not only captured his nation’s dissent but stamped it with his own brand of humorous political criticism, in which the Egyptian government became the prime laughing stock. So potent were Youssef’s skits, jokes, and commentary, the authoritarian government accused him of insulting the Egyptian presidency and Islam. After a six-hour long police interrogation, Youssef was released. While his case was eventually dismissed, his television show was terminated, and Youssef, fearful for his safety, fled his homeland. In Revolution for Dummies, Youssef recounts his life and offers hysterical riffs on the hypocrisy, instability, and corruption that has long animated Egyptian politics. From the attempted cover-up of the violent clashes in Tahrir Square to the government’s announcement that it had created the world’s first "AIDS cure" machine, to the conviction of officials that Youssef was a CIA operative—recruited by Jon Stewart—to bring down the country through sarcasm. There’s much more—and it’s all insanely true. Interweaving the dramatic and inspiring stories of the development of his popular television show and his rise as the most contentious funny-man in Egypt, Youssef’s humorous, fast-paced takes on dictatorship, revolution, and the unforeseeable destiny of democracy in the Modern Middle East offers much needed hope and more than a few healing laughs. A documentary about his life, Tickling Giants, debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2016, and is now scheduled for major release.

Writings from Ancient Egypt

Author : Toby Wilkinson
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141395966
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (413 download)

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Download or read book Writings from Ancient Egypt written by Toby Wilkinson and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Man perishes; his corpse turns to dust; all his relatives pass away. But writings make him remembered' In ancient Egypt, words had magical power. Inscribed on tombs and temple walls, coffins and statues, or inked onto papyri, hieroglyphs give us a unique insight into the life of the Egyptian mind. Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson has freshly translated a rich and diverse range of ancient Egyptian writings into modern English, including tales of shipwreck and wonder, obelisk inscriptions, mortuary spells, funeral hymns, songs, satires and advice on life from a pharaoh to his son. Spanning over two millennia, this is the essential guide to a complex, sophisticated culture. Translated with an Introduction by Toby Wilkinson

If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English

Author : Noor Naga
Publisher : Graywolf Press
ISBN 13 : 1644451719
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (444 download)

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Download or read book If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English written by Noor Naga and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2022 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Winner of the 2023 Arab American Book Award for Fiction Shortlisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize Shortlisted for the 2023 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Shortlisted for the 2022 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award Winner of the Graywolf Press African Fiction Prize, a lush experimental novel about love as a weapon of empire. In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, an Egyptian American woman and a man from the village of Shobrakheit meet at a café in Cairo. He was a photographer of the revolution, but now finds himself unemployed and addicted to cocaine, living in a rooftop shack. She is a nostalgic daughter of immigrants “returning” to a country she’s never been to before, teaching English and living in a light-filled flat with balconies on all sides. They fall in love and he moves in. But soon their desire—for one another, for the selves they want to become through the other—takes a violent turn that neither of them expected. A dark romance exposing the gaps in American identity politics, especially when exported overseas, If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English is at once ravishing and wry, scathing and tender. Told in alternating perspectives, Noor Naga’s experimental debut examines the ethics of fetishizing the homeland and punishing the beloved . . . and vice versa. In our globalized twenty-first-century world, what are the new faces (and races) of empire? When the revolution fails, how long can someone survive the disappointment? Who suffers and, more crucially, who gets to tell about it?

Egyptian Labels

Author : Raven Rose
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 147977619X
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book Egyptian Labels written by Raven Rose and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-25 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brooklyn born singer Egypt, sets out to make her dreams of owning a production company a reality. She realizes her ethnicity and being a woman was working against her. Egypt runs into a handsome, debonair Italian, named Baron Gianelli, who becomes enchanted with Egypt’s beauty and spicy no nonsense personality. Finally, the two get together and create her dream “Egyptian Labels”. Still, there was something missing in her life. Between his families meddling especially Barons father Nunzio who is a well-known Don in the Mafia. Nunzios’ true reason is Egypt is the only one of his sons’ women he couldn’t seduce. This enraged him, if he couldn’t have her, even for one evening, Baron was never going to marry her. Nunzio’s escapades in his youth produced a son whom his brother, Dominic, unknowingly is raising as his own. Egypt leaves Baron to pursue her singing career, trying to make it on her own. During all of this, she has several torrid love affairs. Her promiscuous behavior reaches Nunzio. Nunzio found a woman who, due to her own jilted affair with Egypt’s lover, who had recorded Egypt and Carlos’ one night stand and sells it to Nunzio as an act of revenge, Nunzio then makes an attempt to have Baron hear it. Meanwhile Nunzio’s adversaries plot their revenge on him. Throughout this there are affairs, jealousy, family disputes, lust, mystery, suspense and murder. There are many twists and turns , but in the end can love prevail through all of this?

The Earl's Egyptian Heiress

Author : Heba Helmy
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 0369747410
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book The Earl's Egyptian Heiress written by Heba Helmy and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Victorian romance set between Egypt and London A season with the earl For the Egyptian heiress Ranya Radwan’s mission is clear: restore her family’s honor by retrieving the deed to their business from the Earl of Warrington. Until she finds herself enthralled by the new earl, Owen. Accompanying him from Egypt to England to find the deed, Ranya’s swept into an unfamiliar world of society balls and luncheons, but is captivated waltzing in Owen’s arms. Yet her duty to her family means returning to Egypt, not following her heart… From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.

Book of Souls

Author : Nadine Nightingale
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781979087650
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book Book of Souls written by Nadine Nightingale and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-07 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They call me Angel of Death, but my name is Nisha Blake. I am Shepherdstown's living urban legend. My life, a tale of the macabre. People avoid me like the plague. Well, everyone but my friends. They don't see the Angel of Death when they look at me. They see poor, broken Nisha-the bully victim, suffering from vicious night terrors and vivid hallucinations. Things take a turn for the worse when Blaze shows up. He's a too hot, tattooed, bad-ass MMA fighter from London, hell-bent on getting to know me. Since he walked into my miserable life, my hallucinations graduated to a point where I can no longer differentiate between fiction and reality. I am insane. Broken beyond repair. Or so I think until- I uncover a secret from the past-a link between all the deaths, my hallucinations, and my night terrors. It's then I understand I'm not the Angel of Death. I am something else. Someone else.

I Was Their American Dream

Author : Malaka Gharib
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
ISBN 13 : 052557512X
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book I Was Their American Dream written by Malaka Gharib and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A portrait of growing up in America, and a portrait of family, that pulls off the feat of being both intimately specific and deeply universal at the same time. I adored this book.”—Jonny Sun “[A] high-spirited graphical memoir . . . Gharib’s wisdom about the power and limits of racial identity is evident in the way she draws.”—NPR WINNER OF THE ARAB AMERICAN BOOK AWARD • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • The New York Public Library • Kirkus Reviews I Was Their American Dream is at once a coming-of-age story and a reminder of the thousands of immigrants who come to America in search for a better life for themselves and their children. The daughter of parents with unfulfilled dreams themselves, Malaka navigated her childhood chasing her parents' ideals, learning to code-switch between her family's Filipino and Egyptian customs, adapting to white culture to fit in, crushing on skater boys, and trying to understand the tension between holding onto cultural values and trying to be an all-American kid. Malaka Gharib's triumphant graphic memoir brings to life her teenage antics and illuminates earnest questions about identity and culture, while providing thoughtful insight into the lives of modern immigrants and the generation of millennial children they raised. Malaka's story is a heartfelt tribute to the American immigrants who have invested their future in the promise of the American dream. Praise for I Was Their American Dream “In this time when immigration is such a hot topic, Malaka Gharib puts an engaging human face on the issue. . . . The push and pull first-generation kids feel is portrayed with humor and love, especially humor. . . . Gharib pokes fun at all of the cultures she lives in, able to see each of them with an outsider’s wry eye, while appreciating them with an insider’s close experience. . . . The question of ‘What are you?’ has never been answered with so much charm.”—Marissa Moss, New York Journal of Books “Forthright and funny, Gharib fiercely claims her own American dream.”—Booklist “Thoughtful and relatable, this touching account should be shared across generations.”– Library Journal “This charming graphic memoir riffs on the joys and challenges of developing a unique ethnic identity.”– Publishers Weekly

Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins

Author : Ingvild Saelid Gilhus
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134717679
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins written by Ingvild Saelid Gilhus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins analyses how laughter has been used as a symbol in myths, rituals and festivals of Western religions, and has thus been inscribed in religious discourse. The Mesopotamian Anu, the Israelite Jahweh, the Greek Dionysos, the Gnostic Christ and the late modern Jesus were all laughing gods. Through their laughter, gods prove both their superiority and their proximity to humans. In this comprehensive study, Professor Gilhus examines the relationship between corporeal human laughter and spiritual divine laughter from c`ussical antiquity, to the Christian West and the modern era. She combines the study of the history of religion with social-scientific approaches, to provide an original and pertinent exploration of a universal human phenomenon, and its significance for the development of religions.

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN LEGENDS - 11 Myths from Ancient Egypt

Author : Anon E. Mouse
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 8827566171
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book ANCIENT EGYPTIAN LEGENDS - 11 Myths from Ancient Egypt written by Anon E. Mouse and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book 11 Legends about the Gods of Ancient Egypt have been compiled and retold by Margaret Murray. These legends, were current in the "morning of the world," and have been preserved through stone engravings or by the fragments of papyrus that have made it to the 21st C. Legends like “The Princess and the Demon”, “The King's Dream”, “The Coming of the Great Queen”, “The Book of Thoth”, “The Legend of Osiris”, “The Scorpions of Isis” plus 5 more. These legends have been told in a way that only Margaret Murray could retell them, adhering strictly to the story, but arranging the words and phrases according to the English language. She has retained, as far as possible, the expressions and metaphors of the Ancient Egyptians. The book is intended in its entirety for consumption by the general public, but especially for those interested in the Ancient Egyptian civilisation. Though the book is intended for the unscientific reader, some provision for the more serious student of the era has been made in the Notes section at the end. In these, the origin of the legend has been provided including the book or books in which that original was published, as well as the book where the translation into a modern language by one of the great scholars of the day can be found. Lastly, an index of the names and meanings of the Egyptian gods is included. YESTERDAY'S BOOKS FOR TODAY'S CHARITIES 10% of the net profit from the sale of this book will be donated to the Egyptian Exploration Society, London. ============= KEYWORDS/TAGS: Ancient, Egypt, Legends, Myths, Folklore, Fairy Tales, Children’s Stories, Bedtime, Fables, princess and the demon, king's dream, Nile, coming, great queen, book of Thoth, Osiris, scorpions of Isis, black pig, battles of Horus, beer of Heliopolis, name of Ra, regions of night, thick darkness, pyramids, Cairo, Memphis,

The Egyptian Revolution of 1919

Author : H.A Hellyer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0755643623
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (556 download)

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Download or read book The Egyptian Revolution of 1919 written by H.A Hellyer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-11 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1919 Egyptian revolution was the founding event for modern Egypt's nation state. So far there has been no text that looks at the causes, consequences and legacies of the 1919 Egyptian Revolution. This book addresses that gap, with Egyptian and non-Egyptian scholars discussing a range of topics that link back to that crucial event in Egyptian history. Across nine chapters, the book analyzes the causes and course of the 1919 revolution; its impacts on subsequent political beliefs, practices and institutions; and its continuing legacy as a means of regime legitimation. The chapters reveal that the 1919 Egyptian Revolution divided the British while uniting Egyptians. However, the “revolutionary moment” was superseded by efforts to restore Britain's influence in league with a reassertion of monarchical authority. Those efforts enjoyed tactical, but not long-term strategic success, in part because the 1919 revolution had unleashed nationalist forces that could never again be completely contained. The book covers key issues surrounding the 1919 Egyptian Revolution such as the role played by Lord Allenby; internal schisms within the British government struggling to cope with the revolution; Muslim-Christian relations; and divisions among the Egyptians.

Queer Things about Egypt

Author : Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Queer Things about Egypt written by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pantheon - The Egyptians

Author : Robin Herne
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785355058
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Pantheon - The Egyptians written by Robin Herne and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-05 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pantheon - The Egyptians is aimed at the person who has an interest in the beliefs and rituals of Ancient Egypt but has yet to put ideas into practice. With enough detail to also appeal to the more experienced practitioner, Robin Herne's new book interweaves history with theology, philosophy, ethics, and mysticism, with some practical advice on how to engage with the deities and spirits of the ancient land. Part of a new Pantheon series from Moon Books.

The Mistress of Nothing

Author : Kate Pullinger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439195056
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Mistress of Nothing written by Kate Pullinger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her mistress departs from Victorian London society to seek relief from tuberculosis symptoms in Egypt, maid Sally throws herself into their new culture and comes to know freedoms she has never experienced before she is harshly reminded of her humble station in life.

Coming Out of Egypt

Author : K.C. Stricker
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1556350872
Total Pages : 611 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (563 download)

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Download or read book Coming Out of Egypt written by K.C. Stricker and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-03-15 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coming Out of Egypt is an exodus out of idolatryÑthe idolatry of ancient Egypt and the idolatry that permeates the church today. Its goal is to make the exodus come alive for the readerÑnot to just read about the exodus but to experience the exodus, not to just read about the Passover but to experience the Passover, to catapult the reader back through time like a time traveler entering a time portal. The goal of Coming Out of Egypt is to experience redemption, not just to read about redemption, to experience redemption from Pharaoh at the Reed Sea, and witness Yeshua's resurrection.

Dangerous Days in Ancient Egypt

Author : Terry Deary
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 0297870637
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (978 download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Days in Ancient Egypt written by Terry Deary and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think that Ancient Egypt is just a load of old obelisks? Don't bet your afterlife on it. Ancient Egypt should be deader than most of our yesterdays. After all it was at its height 5,000 years ago. Yet we still marvel at its mummies and ponder over its pyramids. It's easy to forget these people once lived and laughed, loved and breathed ... though not for very long. These were dangerous days for princes and peasants alike. In Ancient Egypt - a world of wars and woes, poverty and plagues - life was short. Forty was a good age to reach. A pharaoh who was eaten by a hippo ended up as dead as a ditch-digger stung by a scorpion. Unwrap the bandages and you'll find that the Egyptians' bizarre adventures in life were every bit as fascinating as the monuments they left to their deaths.