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First published in 1987. A simple record of the author's travels in the Middle East over a period of twenty years, it is intended faithfully to reflect the region as a catalyst to the development of his own life from carefree youth to maturity and marriage.
This concise history of Islamic censorship examines the turbulent
question of freedom of expression in Islamic societies. The book
ranges from the ancient Arabians, to Muhammad's charter offering
freedom of expression to Muslims, to modern history, when control
of communication shifted to the secularists. Trevor Mostyn's
incisive book culminates in an analysis of the current political
direction of censorship, and the control of freedom of
expression.
Egypt's "belle epoque" was a period of incredible extravagance
during which the Khedive Ismail's Cairo became the mirror image,
both architecturally and socially, of decadent Paris. The glamour
and hedonism of the era reached its peak during the magnificent
celebrations for the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. Kings and
emperors, artists, writers and Europe's most sophisticated flocked
to the dazzling new Cairo of sumptuous palaces and Parisian
gardens, where Verdi's "Aida" premiered at the new opera house and
glittering parties were held on the banks of the Nile. But the
splendour was short-lived. Only a year after the Suez Canal opened,
the Second Empire in France collapsed and the Khedive's excesses
plunged Egypt into crippling debt. Ismail was eventually forced to
abdicate, leaving Cairo to the British who occupied Egypt in all
but name. This is a riveting account of an extraordinary moment in
the history of both France and Egypt.
First published in 1987. A simple record of the author's travels in the Middle East over a period of twenty years, it is intended faithfully to reflect the region as a catalyst to the development of his own life from carefree youth to maturity and marriage.
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