Cairo Notes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11565786 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Gran (Temple University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 46-48 |
| Publication date | 2005-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Middle East Studies Association Bulletin (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-3184 • E-ISSN: 2329-3233 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0026318400047581 |
| OpenAlex | W4229625763 |
| Language | EN |
Many American scholars work in Cairo these days. For this reason, we pay more attention to Egyptian history-writing, to the situation of the archives as well as to newly discovered textual sources. I have compiled here a few notes along these lines. Published in late 2004, Mashayna khatti-sirah dhatiyah [Going My Way], (Cairo: Dar al-Hilal, 336 pp.), is an unusual work by the well-known Egyptian historian Raouf Abbas, which sold several thousand copies in days and elicited a number of reviews. The wide interest in this autobiographical work doubtless lies in the controversial subjects it raises and the names it names
Art · Genealogy · Literature · Work (physics · African history and culture analysis · Classics · Engineering · History · Islamic Studies and History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |