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Living in historic Cairo: past and present in an Islamic city

Living in historic Cairo: past and present in an Islamic city
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ISBN 1898592284 (hbk.)
9781898592280 (hbk.)
Title Living in historic Cairo : past and present in an Islamic city / edited by Farhad Daftary, Elizabeth Fernea and Azim Nanji
Publisher London : Azimuth Editions in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press, 2010
Physical desc. 300 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 27 cm. + 1 DVD (53 min. : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.)
Note DVD title: Living with the past : historic Cairo / Directed by Maysoon Pachachi (Echo Productions, 2001).
DVD kept at RL desk.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-299).
Contents Foreword / Farhad Daftary and Azim Nanji -- Introduction / Elizabeth Fernea -- Pt. 1: Al-Darb al-Ahmar in Egyptian history. The historical development of Cairo 20-923/642-1517: an overview / Ayman Fuʼad Sayyid -- The urban character of al-Darb al-Ahmar / Nasser Rabbat -- A traveller's account: Nasir-i Khusraw in 5th/11th-century Cairo / Alice C. Hunsberger -- The economy of historic Cairo: a case study of the markets of Mamluk Cairo / Kassem Abdou Kassem -- The question of guilds / Pascale Ghazaleh -- Regulating medieval Cairo / Kristen Stilt -- Women and family life in the darb / Heinz Halm -- Coptic Christians: faith and practice in Egyptian contexts / Febe Armanios -- The Jewish presence in medieval Cairo / Norman A. Stillman -- Faith and practice: Muslims in historic Cairo / Roy Mottahedeh -- The architectural heritage of al-Darb al-Ahmar / Caroline Williams -- From shards to bards: pottery-making in historic Cairo / Fahmida Suleman -- Music in historic Cairo: a sonic excavation / Jonathan H. Shannon -- The representation of medieval Cairo in modern Arabic literature / Randa Abou-bakr -- Transition, colonialism, modernisation; living with ʻAli Mubarak Pasha: state and civil society in Egypt / Elizabeth Bishop -- Pt. 2: Al-Darb al-Ahmar in the 21st century. Contemporary observations of al-Darb al-Ahmar / Karim Ibrahim and Seif El-Rashidi -- Remaking Cairo, revisioning al-Darb al-Ahmar / Kamran Asdar ʻAli and Martina Rieker -- The contemporary labour market in Egypt: formal and informal institutions in the construction sector / Ragui Assaad -- Restoration processes for historic monuments: an introduction / Robert K. Vincent Jr. -- Urban conservation: the inevitable task during single monument conservation in practice in historic Cairo / Nairy Hampikian -- The Sam Ibn Nuh Mosque: a community support project, Cairo 2000-2001 / Agnieszka Dobrowolska (with material supplied by Barbara Drieskens) -- Cooperative renovation of old houses in al-Darb al-Ahmar: a case study / Salah Zaky Said -- Restoring the Qijmas Mosque: a community undertaking by the residents of al-Darb al-Ahmar / interviews with Hisham and ʻAli Mahmoud -- The projects of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in al-Darb al-Ahmar area of historic Cairo / Stefano Bianca, Francesco Siravo, Cameron Rashti and Frank Matero -- Background: starting up the Aga Khan Project / Mohamed Abdel Hafiz Kotb -- Heritage protection against what? a model to explain adverse change in historic districts / Dina K. Shehayeb and Ahmed Sedky -- Representing al-Darb al-Ahmar on film / Maysoon Pachachi.
Subject Urban renewal -- Egypt -- Cairo
Cairo (Egypt) -- History
Cairo (Egypt) -- Social life and customs
Cairo (Egypt) -- Pictorial works
Added name(s) Daftary, Farhad ed.
Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock 1927-2008 ed.
Nanji, Azim ed.
Added name(s) - Corporate Institute of Ismaili Studies
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