EGYPT IN 1800
Egypt in 1800: Views in Egypt by Luigi Mayeredited by Sherif BoraieBoxed Hardcover| 96 pages | 48 illustrations | 30×42 cm | English1999 | isbn 9775864038 First published in London in 1801 to great acclaim, it immediately became a bestseller. It portrays views of Egypt prior to the Napoleonic expedition of 1801 that was to […]
DREAM MAKERS ON THE NILE
Dream Makers on the Nile: A Portrait of Egyptian Cinema by Mustafa DarwishPhotographs by Mohamed BakrPaperback| 48 pages | 81 illustrations | 20.5×20.5 cm | English1998 | isbn 977424429with AUC Press Biographical sketches of the key figures in Egyptian cinema from the beginning of the 20th century until the 1960s by a leading film critic […]
Al-Muallaqat
Al-Muallaqat: The Golden Odes of Love Translated by Desmond O’GradyPaperback| 60 pages | 48 illustrations | 21×24 cm | English1997 | isbn 9774244613With AUC Press A verse rendering from the Arabic of Al-Muallaqat, the iconic pre-Islamic Arab poems hung in the Meccan Kaaba, by Irish poet Desmond O’Grady. Al-Muallaqat: The Golden Odes of Love Translated […]
Mirrors
MIRRORS by Naguib Mahfouzillustrated by Seif Wanliedited by Sherif BoraieHardcover and Paperback| 192 pages | 50 illustrations | 17×24 cm | English1999 | isbn 9774245334with AUC Press One of Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz’s more unusual works. First published in serialized form, it consists of vignettes of characters from a writer’s life. Accompanying each vignette is […]
CASABLANCA CAIRO CONSTANTINOPLE
Casablanca Cairo Constantinople edited by Sherif BoraieHardcover| 286 pages | 285 illustrations | 17×32 cm | English2006 | ISBN 9775864127 Modern Times of the early 20th century, a photographic journey from Casablanca, across North Africa, to glistening Cairo and the Egyptian Nile Valley, the Levant, and finally, capital of the world, Constantinople. Casablanca Cairo Constantinople […]
Rasail al-Junayd
Rasail al-Junaydرسائل الجنيد Introduction by Ali Hassan Abdel KaderPaperback| 78 pages | 14.5×20.5 cm | Arabic1988 | isbn 9771700006 First Arabic edition of the Letters of al-Junayd (830-910), reputed to be the founder of Sufism. Rasail al-Junaydرسائل الجنيد Introduction by Ali Hassan Abdel KaderPaperback| 78 pages | 14.5×20.5 cm | Arabic1988 | isbn 9771700006 First […]
The Military Costumes of the Ottoman Empire
The Military Costumes of the Ottoman Empire Introduction by Tamer El-LeithyHardcover| 84 pages | 30 illustrations | 22×29 cm | English2000 | ISBN 9789775864048 English fascination with the Ottoman Empire traces back to the sixteenth century when official commercial relations were established between London and the Sublime Porte in 1580, further solidified by the establishment […]
THE GOLDEN YEARS OF EGYPTIAN FILM
Egyptian cinema industry at its height, producing hundreds of black-and-white comedies, dramas, and romances, enduring classics, much loved and watched over and over throughout the Arab world. Love was always a central theme – ideal love, impossible love, love won, love lost.
Atlas of Egyptian Art
One of the most beautiful works on ancient Egyptian art by one of its early explorers, Prisse d’Avennes’ monumental work, first published in Paris between 1868 and 1878, includes the only surviving record of many lost artifacts.
Diaries of an Egyptian Princess
The glamor and glitter of Egypt’s royal family. Princess Nevine Abbas Halim unveils a glimpse into the world of Egypt’s royal family which reigned from 1805 until King Farouk’s abdication in 1952.