Reviewed and Recommended

The House of the Coptic Woman: A Novel by Ashraf El-Ashmawi, translated by Peter Daniel (Hoopoe, 2023), and History of Ash: A Novel by Khadija Marouazi, translated by Alexander E. Elinson (Hoopoe, 2023), have both been longlisted for the 2024 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize For Arabic Literary Translation.

Maadi: The Making and Unmaking of a Cairo Suburb, 1878–1962 by Annalise J.K. DeVries (AUC Press, 2021).

“[A]n important addition to the literature on suburbs in Egypt.”Urban History

State, Peasants, and Land in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Egypt by Maha Ghalwash (AUC Press, 2023).

“[M]akes a significant contribution to our understanding of how rural policies were crafted. . . . Rich with detail and well-organized, this book provides a panoramic view of the realities of village landholding in the mid-19th century.”International Journal of Middle East Studies

Educating Egypt: Civic Values and Ideological Struggles by Linda Herrera (AUC Press, 2022).

“[T]opical and compelling . . . . Educating Egypt represents a significant contribution to debates surrounding education in the Global South. It offers a sober and timely analysis which will be of relevance to students, academics, and policymakers.”Postcolonial Directions in Education

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