Cairo University and the Making of Modern Egypt (Paperback, New Ed)

Cairo University has been crucially important in shaping the national life of twentieth-century Egypt. It has educated much of the political, professional and cultural elite; doctors and lawyers, novelists and philosophers, bankers and prime ministers have all studied there. Founded in 1908 and for many years competing only with the religious al-Azhar, the European-inspired Cairo University quickly became the prime indigenous model for other state universities in the region and its influence has spread even beyond the Arab world. Professor Reid has drawn on university archives hitherto untapped by Western scholars and on a wide range of other Arabic and Western sources. He explains the university's part in the national quest for independence from Britain, in the perennial tension between secular and religious world views, and in the push for a more egalitarian society. Nasser and Sadat, Kings Fuad and Faruq, nationalist hero Saad Zaghlul and Nobel Prize winner Najib Mahfuz, all feature prominently in this fascinating history of Egypt's most important modern educational institution.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Middle East Library
Release date:	July 2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	Donald Malcolm Reid
Dimensions:	232 x 155 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	316
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-89433-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Universities / polytechnics Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > African history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-89433-6
Barcode:	9780521894333

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