This historical study transforms our understanding of modern Egyptian national culture by applying social theory to the history of Egypt's first teacher-trainin

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 th

"Magnificent."--Robert L. Tignor, Princeton University The Greeks and the Making of Modern Egypt is the first account of the modern Greek presence in Egypt from

While previous scholarship has viewed Mehmed Ali Pasha as the founder of modern Egypt, Khaled Fahmy offers a new interpretation of his role in the rise of Egypt

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