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Pyramids and Nightclubs

Author : L. L. Wynn
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292774095
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Pyramids and Nightclubs written by L. L. Wynn and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2008 — Leeds Honor Book in Urban Anthropology – Society for Urban, National, and Transnational/Global Anthropology Living in Egypt at the turn of the millennium, cultural anthropologist L. L. Wynn was struck by the juxtapositions of Western, Gulf Arab, and Egyptian viewpoints she encountered. For some, Egypt is the land of mummies and pharaohs. For others, it is a vortex of decadence, where nightlife promises a chance to salivate over belly dancers and maybe even glimpse a movie star. Offering a new approach to ethnography, Pyramids and Nightclubs examines cross-cultural encounters to bring to light the counterintuitive ways in which Egypt is defined. Guiding readers on an armchair journey that introduces us to Russian and Australian belly dancers on Nile cruise ships, Egyptian rumors about an Arab prince and his royal entourage, Saudi girls looking for a less restrictive dating scene, and other visitors to this "antique" land, Wynn uses the lens of travel and tourism to depict a fascinating and often surprising version of Egypt, while exploring the concept of stereotype itself. Tracing the history of Western and Arab fascination with Egypt through spurious hunts for lost civilizations and the new economic disparities brought about by the oil industry, Pyramids and Nightclubs ultimately describes the ways in which moments of cultural contact, driven by tourism and labor migration, become eye-opening opportunities for defining self and other.

Cairo and the Pyramids (Rough Guides Snapshot Egypt)

Author : Dan Richardson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1409336158
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Cairo and the Pyramids (Rough Guides Snapshot Egypt) written by Dan Richardson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide Snapshot to Cairo and the Pyramids is the ultimate travel guide to this iconic part of Egypt. It guides you through the region with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the sights and attractions, from the Egyptian Museum and the Coptic churches of Old Cairo to the pyramid fields at Giza and Dahshur. Detailed maps and up-to-date listings pinpoint the best cafés, restaurants, hotels, shops, bars, and nightlife--ensuring you have the best trip possible, whether passing through, staying for the weekend or longer. Also included is the Basics section from the Rough Guide to Egypt, with all the practical information you need for traveling in and around the region, including transportation, food and drink, pricing, health care, cultural tips, and shopping. Also published as part of the Rough Guide to Egypt.

Popular Culture in the Arab World

Author : Andrew Hammond
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN 13 : 9789774160547
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Popular Culture in the Arab World written by Andrew Hammond and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores Arab cultural life since World War II. Chapters cover topics such as radio/TV, the press, cinema, music, theatre, popular religion, belly dance, western consumerism, sport and the Arabic language.

The Security Archipelago

Author : Paul Amar
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822397560
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book The Security Archipelago written by Paul Amar and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-12 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Security Archipelago, Paul Amar provides an alternative historical and theoretical framing of the refashioning of free-market states and the rise of humanitarian security regimes in the Global South by examining the pivotal, trendsetting cases of Brazil and Egypt. Addressing gaps in the study of neoliberalism and biopolitics, Amar describes how coercive security operations and cultural rescue campaigns confronting waves of resistance have appropriated progressive, antimarket discourses around morality, sexuality, and labor. The products of these struggles—including powerful new police practices, religious politics, sexuality identifications, and gender normativities—have traveled across an archipelago, a metaphorical island chain of what the global security industry calls "hot spots." Homing in on Cairo and Rio de Janeiro, Amar reveals the innovative resistances and unexpected alliances that have coalesced in new polities emerging from the Arab Spring and South America's Pink Tide. These have generated a shared modern governance model that he terms the "human-security state."

Love, Sex, and Desire in Modern Egypt

Author : L. L. Wynn
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477317066
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book Love, Sex, and Desire in Modern Egypt written by L. L. Wynn and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2018-11-23 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cairo is a city obsessed with honor and respectability—and love affairs. Sara, a working-class woman, has an affair with a married man and becomes pregnant, only to be abandoned by him; Ayah and Zeid, a respectably engaged couple, argue over whether Ayah’s friend is a prostitute or a virgin; Malak, a European belly dancer who sometimes gets paid for sex, wants to be loved by a man who won’t treat her like a whore just because she’s a dancer; and Alia, a Christian banker who left her abusive husband, is the mistress of a wealthy Muslim man, Haroun, who encourages business by hosting risqué parties for other men and their mistresses. Set in transnational Cairo over two decades, Love, Sex, and Desire in Modern Egypt is an ethnography that explores female respectability, male honor, and Western theories and fantasies about Arab society. L. L. Wynn uses stories of love affairs to interrogate three areas of classic anthropological theory: mimesis, kinship, and gift. She develops a broad picture of how individuals love and desire within a cultural and political system that structures the possibilities of, and penalties for, going against sexual and gender norms. Wynn demonstrates that love is at once a moral horizon, an attribute that “naturally” inheres in particular social relations, a social phenomenon strengthened through cultural concepts of gift and kinship, and an emotion deeply felt and desired by individuals.

Masr

Author : Roger H. Guichard
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498231071
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Masr written by Roger H. Guichard and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-11-18 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visitors have often remarked on the light of Egypt. There is something about the soft diffusion of sunlight in the country that makes it visually special. Beginning in the early nineteenth century a combination of that light and the new, more sensitive technology of lithography conspired together to allow artists to capture with unprecedented fidelity the country's monuments, Pharaonic as well as Islamic. But there is another way in which the word "light" captures the reality of Egypt. In Arabic it is said that the blood of a people is either "light" or "heavy." Where the blood of others in the region could be said to be heavy, that of the Egyptians is emphatically light and it always seems to have been that way. Here, the word serves as a proxy for "cheerful" or "optimistic." The book that follows captures some of that fundamental Egyptian buoyancy and optimism, and it was not very hard to do. The attitude is infectious and anyone who has lived for any length of time in the country is in danger of succumbing. The pieces reflect a sometimes wry, occasionally humorous, but always affectionate view of an essentially unchanging Egypt.

Egypt

Author : Dan Richardson
Publisher : Rough Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781843530503
Total Pages : 892 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Egypt written by Dan Richardson and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2003 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides practical advice on planning a trip to Egypt; describes points of interest in each section of the country; and includes information on restaurants, nightspots, shops, and lodging.

The Rough Guide to Egypt

Author : Dan Richardson
Publisher : Rough Guides UK
ISBN 13 : 1848367988
Total Pages : 2061 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (483 download)

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Download or read book The Rough Guide to Egypt written by Dan Richardson and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2007-08-02 with total page 2061 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Egypt is your indispensable guide to the oldest tourist destination on earth. The introduction highlights 'what not to miss', from jeep or camel safaris in the Western desert to the pyramids and Sphinx at Giza. This fully-updated 7th edition includes expanded coverage of Nile cruises and diving in the Red Sea and Mediterranean, as well as up-to-date coverage of Cairo, with accommodation and restaurants conveniently organised by district. The guide includes brand new "authors picks" section highlighting all the top places to eat, drink and stay to suit every budget and new sections on temples, Islamic architecture and reef flora and fauna. The guide also takes a comprehensive look at Egypt's fascinating history and culture and comes complete with maps and plans for every area. The Rough Guide to Egypt is like having a local friend plan your trip!

Right This Way

Author : Robert Viagas
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493064568
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Right This Way written by Robert Viagas and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you sit down at a play, movie, or concert—or even just watch TV or scroll on your phone—you are taking part in one of the oldest and most meaningful forms of behavior. Being part of an audience is a universal experience, one that has remained a constant feature of human societies even as it has evolved from colosseums to tiny glowing screens. Right This Way is a pop history of audiences through the ages. Delving into the distinctive aspects of what he calls “audiencing,” former Playbill editor Robert Viagas renders the view from the cheap seats in energetic prose. He walks us through the different types of audiences and the history of their changing behaviors, what science has to say about how our brains respond to our experiences, how technology will continue to shape audiences, and why, during COVID-19, people risked a deadly virus to be part of a crowd. Drawing on perspectives from critics, performers, scholars, and many others, Right This Way is a lively, thought-provoking meditation on the audience experience. You’ll never sit and watch something the same way again.

Egypt

Author : eBizguides
Publisher : MTH Multimedia S.L.
ISBN 13 : 8493397806
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Egypt written by eBizguides and published by MTH Multimedia S.L.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide is the perfect companion for the international business traveller who wants to have the best of both worlds - business and leisure. It offers comprehensive info which is either difficult to find or simply doesn't exist elsewhere. All sections include full contact info (telephone, fax, email, website, postal addresses).

The Rough Guide to Egypt

Author : Rough Guides
Publisher : Rough Guides UK
ISBN 13 : 1409323331
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Rough Guide to Egypt written by Rough Guides and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new full-colour Rough Guide to Egypt is the definitive guide to this amazing country, whose ancient civilization still fascinates today. But there's more to Egypt than just pyramids and temples. The Red Sea offers some of the world's finest diving, a few hours by air from Europe. There are awesome dunes and lush oases to explore in its deserts, and fantastic bazaars and mosques in the capital, Cairo. Detailed accounts of every attraction, along with crystal-clear maps and plans, make it easy to access anything from remote oases to nightlife that only locals know. You'll find lavish photography and colour maps throughout, along with insider tips on how to get the best out of Luxor's temples or Sinai's beach resorts. At every point, the Rough Guide steers you to the best hotels, cafés, restaurants and shops across every price range, giving you balanced reviews and honest, first-hand opinions. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Egypt. Now available in PDF format.

Antiquity Imagined

Author : Robin Derricourt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857737597
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book Antiquity Imagined written by Robin Derricourt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outsiders have long attributed to the Middle East, and especially to ancient Egypt, meanings that go way beyond the rational and observable. The region has been seen as the source of civilization, religion, the sciences and the arts; but also of mystical knowledge and outlandish theories, whether about the Lost City of Atlantis or visits by alien beings. In his exploration of how its past has been creatively interpreted by later ages, Robin Derricourt surveys the various claims that have been made for Egypt - particularly the idea that it harbours an esoteric wisdom vital to the world's survival. He looks at 'alternative' interpretations of the pyramids, from maps of space and time to landing markers for UFOs; at images of the Egyptian mummy and at the popular mythology of the 'pharaoh's curse'; and at imperialist ideas of racial superiority that credited Egypt with spreading innovations and inventions as far as the Americas, Australia and China. Including arcane ideas about the Lost Ten Tribes of biblical Israel, the author enlarges his focus to include the Levant.His book is the first to show in depth how ancient Egypt and the surrounding lands have so continuously and seductively tantalised the Western imagination.

Cairo and the Nile

Author : Andrew Humphreys
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0756653665
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book Cairo and the Nile written by Andrew Humphreys and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you are traveling first class or on a limited budget, this Eyewitness Top 10 guide will lead you straight to the very best Cairo and the Nile have to offer. Dozens of Top 10 lists - from the most magnificent pyramids, tombs and temples to the best cruises along the Nile - provide the insider knowledge every visitor needs. And, to save you time and money, there's even a list of the Top 10 Things to Avoid. Each Top 10 now contains a pull-out map and guide that includes fold-out maps of city metro systems, useful phone numbers, and 60 great ideas on how to spend your day.

Top 10 Cairo and the Nile

Author : Andrew Humphreys
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0756684382
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book Top 10 Cairo and the Nile written by Andrew Humphreys and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DK Eyewitness Top 10 Cairo & The Nile travel guide will lead you straight to the best attractions Cairo & The Nile have to offer. Whether you're looking for must-see Egyptian museums, or want to find the best attractions in Cairo for all the family; this travel guide is packed with essential information for every corner of this fascinating region. Whether you are traveling first class or on a limited budget, there are dozens of Top 10 lists - from the Top 10 tombs in Luxor to the Top 10 Islamic monuments and ancient Egyptian temples to the Top 10 cruises along the Nile, Islamic architectural sites and, to save you time and money, there's even a list of the Top 10 things to avoid. DK Eyewitness Top 10 Cairo & The Nile is packed with beautiful illustrations of the greatest Cairo & The Nile attractions, providing the insider knowledge every visitor needs to know. Your guide to the Top 10 best of everything in Cairo & The Nile

DK Eyewitness Top 10 Cairo and the Nile

Author : DK Eyewitness
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1465417907
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book DK Eyewitness Top 10 Cairo and the Nile written by DK Eyewitness and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in PDF format. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Cairo and the Nile will lead you straight to the very best this area has to offer. The guide is divided by area with restaurant reviews for each, as well as recommendations for hotels, cafes, and places to shop. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists, from the Top 10 museums to the Top 10 events and festivals. There's even a list of the Top 10 things to avoid. Whether you're looking for the things not to miss at the Top 10 sights or want to find the best arts and culture, this guide is the perfect pocket-sized companion. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Cairo and the Nile contains a pull-out map and guide that includes fold-out maps, useful phone numbers, and 60 great ideas on how to spend a day in Cairo and the surrounding areas, such as Saqqara, Alexandria, Luxor, Aswan, and Lake Nassar.

Egypt Handbook

Author : Anne McLachlan
Publisher : Footprint Handbooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Egypt Handbook written by Anne McLachlan and published by Footprint Handbooks. This book was released on 2000 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a travel guide to Egypt, from the Libyan border in the west to the coastal resorts of the Red Sea, and from Alexandria to Aswan. Fully updated and revised, it contains comprehensive coverage of all the main sites, both on and off the beaten track. Information is included on: the Nile Valley and its sites and history; Nile cruises - how to organize and survive them; and diving in the Red Sea with details on the Red Sea resorts. Colour maps and local town and site maps help plan a journey.

The Sword and the Rose

Author : Tara Sufiana
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1477143491
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (771 download)

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Download or read book The Sword and the Rose written by Tara Sufiana and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-07-18 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unplanned adventure finds Tara Sufiana amidst the Sufis of Egypt for five years. Immersed in their mystical practices, she discovers the dervish within, expressing herself through sacred dance and music at religious festivals throughout Egypt. Within the Sufi enclave, an unusual love story with a dervish sheikh unfolds. When not roaming with the Sufis, or off on her own wild escapades, Tara survives by singing and dancing for hotels, cruise ships, folkloric shows, TV and films, crowned by a dance on top of the Great Pyramid. The rich culture of a Middle Eastern society is revealed throughout this amazing odyssey.