Cotton made the fortune of the Fuda family, Egyptian landed gentry with peasant origins, during t...

Cairo is a city of splendor and spectacle, long celebrated as much for its warmth and bustling st...

Traditionally, Egyptian cooking has been best practiced and enjoyed at home, where generations of...

In the crowded center of Historic Cairo lies a covered market lined with wonderful textiles sewn ...

Zar is both a possessing spirit and a set of reconciliation rites between the spirits and their h...

This unique interdisciplinary collective project is the culmination of research and translation w...

Christianity and monasticism have flourished along the Nile Valley in the Aswan region of Upper E...

Corroded pieces of metal, stamped lumps of copper, broken bits of glass with partial inscriptions...

This book examines the historic process traditionally referred to as the fall of Rome and rise of...

What was it like to live in Iraq before the earth-shaking events of the late twentieth century? T...

The arid regions impose strict limits upon human existence and activity. And yet by respecting th...

Street children-abandoned or runaway children living on their own-can be found in cities all over...