Egyptian Panorama
An Egyptian Panorama: Reports from the 19th Century British Press Edited by Nicholas WarnerHardcover and Paperback | 144 pages | 121 illustrations | 23×25 cm | English1994 | isbn 9775170044 The growing awareness of Egypt as a result of Napoleon’s invasion in 1798, ultimately developed into a British imperial concern in 1882. This period in history […]
Under the Blazing Sun
under the blazing sun The photographs of Timothy KeatingWords by Nabil Naoum and Jonathan AcornHardcover| 64 pages | 31 Illustrations | 30x40cm | English2000 | isbn 9789775864086 Timothy Keating’s other-worldly infra-red photographs of Egyptian landscape and his details of Cairo mosques are coupled with poetry by Jonathan Acorn and words by Nabil Naoum. under the blazing […]
Arab Art
Arab Art in Cairo by Prisse d’AvennesIntroduction by George ScanlonNotes by Yasmeen SiddiquiHardcover| 200 pages | 84 b&w, 151 color illustrations | 30×32 cm | English2001-2024 | isbn 9775864062 L’art arabe d’apres les monuments du Kaire is Prisse d’Avennes’ opus on the Arab art and architecture of medieval Cairo. “Emile Prisse d’Avennes was the contingent […]
Portraits of Glamour
Portraits of GlamourVan Leo, Photographer, Cairo Photographs by Van LeoIntroduction by Pierre GazioPaperback| 60 pages | 51 Photographs | 20.5×20.5 cm | English1997 | isbn 9774244303with AUC Press Portraits from the iconic Van Leo photographic studio in Cairo. Portraits of GlamourVan Leo, Photographer, Cairo Photographs by Van LeoIntroduction by Pierre GazioPaperback| 60 pages | 51 […]
The Oriental Album
The Oriental Album:Characters, costume, and modes of life, in the Valley of the Nile. by Prisse d’Avennes & James Augustus St. JohnIntroduction by Alain BlottièreHardcover| 98 pages | 31 color, 30 b&w illustrations | 30×42 cm | English2000 | isbn 9775864054 Thirty-one colour plates of people and types in the Nile Valley by Prisse d’Avennes, […]
Royal Mummies in the Egyptian Museum
Royal Mummies in the Egyptian Museum by Salima Ikram and Aidan DodsonPaperback | 60 pages | 20 color, 36 b&w | 16×16 cm | English1997 | isbn 9774244311with AUC Press A basic summary of what is known of the royal mummies, until recently, housed in the Cairo Egyptian Museum. Royal Mummies in the Egyptian Museum […]
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 […]