My Life in Jewelry: A Memoir by Azza Fahmy (AUC Press, 2024).
“Fascinating, informative, candid, and memorable, Azza Fahmy’s life story as told in the pages of My Life in Jewelry: A Memoir is especially and unreservedly recommended for community and college/university Women’s Biography/Memoir collections.“—Midwest Book Review
The Ghosts of Iraq’s Marshes A History of Conflict, Tragedy, and Restoration by Steve Lonergan, Jassim Al-Asadi and Keith Holmes (AUC Press, 2024).
“The book has beautiful prose and illustrations, [the authors] weave together the wetland civilization’s history, traditions, and mythology with gripping and dramatic tales from individuals’ lives in the present.”—Journal of Peace Research
Ramesses, Loved by Ptah: The History of a Colossal Royal Statue by Susanna Thomas (AUC Press, 2023).
“This engaging chronicle by Susanna Thomas, who specializes in display and interpretation of ancient Egyptian material culture at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, details the discovery and excavation of the 36-foot-tall limestone statue at the Great Temple of Ptah near Memphis. . . . Whether you’re interested in how such relics are preserved or in understanding the meaning of these figures of pharaonic Egypt, you will find this to be an easy yet enlightening read.”—AramcoWorld
A Gift of Geology: Ancient Egyptian Landscapes and Monuments by Colin D. Reader (AUC Press, 2023).
“Reader sweeps us along 2 billion years of geologic history that brings long-vanished environments to life while vividly explaining the dramatic formation of the Nile River Valley. . . . Abundantly illustrated with photographs and maps, this book offers new perspectives on the sources of ancient Egypt’s magnificence.”—AramcoWorld
A Stranger in Baghdad: A Novel by Elizabeth Loudon (AUC Press, 2023).
“Diane, a young English nurse, marries Ibrahim, an Iraqi doctor, and returns with him to Baghdad in 1937 to live in his family house on the banks of the Tigris. The couple raise two sons—Ramzi, an air force pilot, and Ziad, a poet—and daughter, Mona, torn between her English and Iraqi heritage. . . .This story of heartbreak and perseverance illustrates the difficult choices people face when they are swept up in the capricious flow of history.”—AramcoWorld
Educating Egypt: Civic Values and Ideological Struggles by Linda Herrera (AUC Press, 2022).
“Very copious, rich and meaningful work . . . Herrera does offer the reader a brilliant analytical treatise on the critical relationship between schooling, educational systems and the unfolding of various features of both local and global political economy over the past three decades.”—The International Review of Education
