Cairo University and the Making of Modern Egypt |
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Author:
| Reid, Donald Malcolm |
Contribution by:
| Burke, Edmund Hudson, Michael C. Kazziha, Walid Khalidi, Rashid Mardin, Serif Owen, Roger Musallam, Basim Shlaim, Avi Yapp, Malcolm |
Series title: | Cambridge Middle East Library |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-89433-3 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2002 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $86.95 |
Book Description:
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Cairo University has been crucially important in shaping the national life of modern Egypt. In this history, Professor Reid 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.
Cairo University has been crucially important in shaping the national life of modern Egypt. In this history, Professor Reid 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.