Italians, freemasons and the Dawn of Egyptian nationalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3979074 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara De Poli (0000-0003-3415-8132, Dipartimento di Studi su Asia e Africa Mediterranea, Università Ca' Foscari, San Polo, Venice, Italy, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 786-813 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of North African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-9387 • E-ISSN: 1743-9345 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13629387.2021.1891533 |
| OpenAlex | W3133630756 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
In the Middle East and North Africa, Freemasonry became a considerable \nphenomenon between the second half of the nineteenth century and the \nmid-twentieth century, contributing in a more or less significant extent \naccording to the cases, to the political and cultural developments of the \nregion. The role of Masonry in the Arab and Islamic countries has been the \nsubject of a number of studies on specific personalities, environments, or \nregions, however, many aspects would deserve more attention. This paper \nwill focus on a segment of this history unexplored by other historians, that is \nthe role of Italians in developing Egyptian National Freemasonry and, more in \nparticular, the Italian Freemasons and Risorgimento culture contribution to \nshaping Egyptian proto-nationalism. During the nineteenth century many \nItalians exiles of the Risorgimento movements migrated to Egypt, where they \nbecame involved in masonic activities, but they also reached out the first \nnationalist organisations, spreading Mazzini’s ideas and ideals. In the \nfollowing pages, two issues will be explored to ascertain the Italian \nRisorgimento influence: the activity of the Italian Masons, that emerges from \ndocuments of Masonic Archives and testimonies of the time, and the \ncontribution to the Egyptian nationalist thought by the playwright and \njournalist James Sanua
Ancient history · Archaeology · Islam · Middle East · Nationalism · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Subject (documents · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy
Egypt, Islam, and the Arabs
Parliaments and Parties in Egypt
Afghani and 'Abduh
Bankers and Pashas
The Practical Visions of Yaʿqub Sanuʿ
Young Turks, Freemasons and Jews
Prolegomena to a study of secret societies in modern Egypt
Nineteenth-Century Arabic Writings On Women And Society
Afghānī and Freemasonry in Egypt
Abu Naḍḍara, an Egyptian Jewish Nationalist
Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt
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