About the American University in Cairo Press

Founded in 1960, the Press now has over 600 titles in print. We publish a wide range of scholarly monographs, reference works, and general books on ancient and modern Egypt and the Middle East, as well as a variety of Arabic literature in English translation, notably the works of Egypt's Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz.

With expanding markets throughout Egypt and the Middle East, the American University in Cairo Press is now the region's leading English-language publisher.