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"A vibrant portrait of the talented and entrepreneurial women who defined an era in Cairo. One of the world's greatest twentieth-century cosmopolitan cities, Cairo was a magnet for the ambitious and talented. During the 1920s and 30s, a vibrant music, theater, film, and cabaret scene flourished there, defining what it meant to be a "modern" Egyptian. Women came to dominate that scene-as stars but also as impresarias, entrepreneurs, owners, and promoters of the entertainment industry. Raphael Cormack unveils the rich histories of independent women like vaudeville star Rose al-Youssef (who launched one of Cairo's most important newspapers); nightclub singer Mounira al-Mahdiyya (the first woman to lead an Egyptian theater company); her great rival, Umm Kalthoum (still venerated for her soulful lyrics); and other fabulous female stars. Buffeted by crosswinds of colonialism and nationalism, conservatism and liberalism, "religious" and "secular" values, patriarchy and feminism, this new generation of celebrity opened new horizons of possibility for women in Egypt and throughout the Middle East"--

Women entertainers --- Women --- Nightlife --- Social life and customs --- History --- Cairo (Egypt) --- Egypt --- Civilization

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*You Can Crush the Flowers* is a memoir of the first decade of the Egyptian Revolution, from the fall of Mubarak in the spring of 2011 to today. But it is a memoir of a very particular sort, in which artist and designer Bahia Shehab looks back upon the tumultuous and tragic events of these years through her internationally renowned street art.

When the Egyptian Revolution began, Bahia Shehab was a highly respected academic and the activist-creator behind the groundbreaking 'A Thousand Times No' exhibition at the Haus der Kunst in Munich in 2010. By the end of 2011 she had taken her unique understanding of the history of the designed word in Arabic calligraphy onto the streets of Cairo, using hand-cut stencils and spray paint to create such icons of popular resistance as the Blue Bra, the Children of Asyut, and most recently the proudly defiant Rebel Cat.

Street art is disruptive, irreverent, visceral and immediate, a multi-layered testament to human resilience and determination. In Cairo during the Revolution it grew into a silent but technicolour spectacle of call-and-response, spreading itself across walls, underpasses, the tarmac of the roads, even the concrete barriers put up by the security forces. Appearing overnight, it might be whitewashed away by morning, preserved only in digital images snatched in passing-or, now, in this moving and dignified account of Bahia Shehab's own artistic evolution, and the passage of her images from the streets of Cairo to those of cities around the world.

Social change --- Internal politics --- International movements --- street art --- political art --- #breakthecanon --- Shehab, Bahia --- Rashed, Hany --- Behbehani, Farah K. --- Cairo

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Illustre historien de l’Islam médiéval, Gaston Wiet (1887-1971) fut également une figure éminente de la présence scientifique française en Égypte. Parfait arabisant, il s’intéressa à de nombreux aspects de l’histoire et de la culture égyptiennes. Son action à la tête du Musée arabe du Caire (aujourd’hui musée d’Art islamique) entre 1926 et 1951 fut décisive pour l’enrichissement, la publication et la diffusion de ses collections, et l’amena à devenir l’un des meilleurs connaisseurs de l’art islamique de la première moitié du xxe siècle. Par ailleurs, sa qualité de membre du Comité de conservation des monuments de l’art arabe renforça encore son intérêt pour l’architecture d’époque islamique. Cet ouvrage, coédité avec le musée du Louvre, avec le soutien du musée d'Art islamique du Caire, se concentre sur l’apport décisif de Gaston Wiet à l’étude des arts de l’Islam en abordant, outre son parcours et sa personnalité, son action auprès du Musée arabe et du Comité, ainsi que l’étendue de sa curiosité, depuis l’art persan et les textiles jusqu’aux productions de l’Égypte moderne, tout en soulignant sa passion particulière pour l’épigraphie. Ce volume, qui rassemble les contributions de spécialistes français et égyptiens, entend ainsi rappeler, à l’occasion du cinquantenaire de sa disparition, la contribution essentielle de cet éminent savant et ami de l’Égypte. ﻛﺎن ﺟﺎﺳﺘﻮن ﻓﻴﻴﺖ (١٩٧١-١٨٨٧) ﻣﺆرﺧًﺎ ﻣﻤﻴﺰًا ﻟﻺﺳﻼم ﻓﻲ اﻟﻌﺼﻮر اﻟﻮﺳﻄﻰ، وﺷﺨﺼﻴﺔ ﺑﺎرزة ﻓﻲ اﻟﻤﺠﺘﻤﻊ اﻟﻌﻠﻤﻲ اﻟﻔﺮﻧﺴﻲ ﻓﻲ ﻣﺼﺮ. ﻣﺴﺘﻌﺮﺑًﺎ ﻣﺎﻫﺮًا، ﻛﺎن ﻣﻬﺘﻤًﺎ ﺑﺎﻟﻌﺪﻳﺪ ﻣﻦ ﺟﻮاﻧﺐ اﻟﺘﺎرﻳﺦ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ اﻟﻤﺼﺮﻳﺔ. ﻛﺎن ﻋﻤﻠﻪ ﻛﻤﺪﻳﺮ ﻟﺪار اﻵﺛﺎر اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ ﺑﺎﻟﻘﺎﻫﺮة )اﻵن ﻣﺘﺤﻒ اﻟﻔﻦ اﻹﺳﻼﻣﻲ( ﺑﻴﻦ ﻋﺎﻣﻲ ١٩٢٦ و١٩٥١ ﺣﺎﺳﻤًﺎ ﻹﺛﺮاء ﻣﺠﻤﻮﻋﺎﺗﻪ وﻧﺸﺮﻫﺎ، ﻣﻤﺎ ﺟﻌﻠﻪ ﻣﻦ أﻓﻀﻞ ﺧﺒﺮاء اﻟﻔﻦ اﻹﺳﻼﻣﻲ ﻓﻲ اﻟﻨﺼﻒ اﻷول ﻣﻦ اﻟﻘﺮن اﻟﻌﺸﺮﻳﻦ. ﻋﻼوة ﻋﻠﻰ ذﻟﻚ، ﻓﺈن ﻋﻀﻮﻳﺘﻪ ﻓﻲ ﻟﺠﻨﺔ ﺣﻔﻆ اﻵﺛﺎر ﻋﺰزت اﻫﺘﻤﺎﻣﻪ ﺑﺎﻟﻬﻨﺪﺳﺔ اﻟﻤﻌﻤﺎرﻳﺔ اﻟﺨﺎﺻﺔ ﺑﺎﻟﻔﺘﺮة اﻹﺳﻼﻣﻴﺔ. وهذا الكتاب هو ثمرة عمل مشترك بين المعهد العلمي الفرنسي للآثار الشرقية ومتحف اللوڤر، بدعم من متحف الفن الإسلامي بالقاهرة. وهو ﻳﺮﻛﺰ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻣﺴﺎﻫﻤﺔ ﺟﺎﺳﺘﻮن ﻓﻴﻴﺖ اﻟﺮﺋﻴﺴﻴﺔ ﻓﻲ دراﺳﺔ اﻟﻔﻨﻮن اﻹﺳﻼﻣﻴﺔ، ﺑﺎﻹﺿﺎﻓﺔ إﻟﻰ ﻣﺴﻴﺮﺗﻪ وﺷﺨﺼﻴﺘﻪ، وﻋﻤﻠﻪ ﺑﺪار اﻵﺛﺎر اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ وﻟﺠﻨﺔ ﺣﻔﻆ اﻵﺛﺎر، وﻛﺬﻟﻚ ﻣﺪى وﻟﻌﻪ ﺑﺎﻟﻔﻦ اﻟﻔﺎرﺳﻲ واﻟﻤﻨﺴﻮﺟﺎت وﺻﻮ ًﻻ إﻟﻰ ﻣﻨﺘﺠﺎت ﻣﺼﺮ اﻟﺤﺪﻳﺜﺔ، ﻣﻊ اﻟﺘﺄﻛﻴﺪ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺷﻐﻔﻪ اﻟﺨﺎص ﺑﺎﻟﻨﻘﻮش واﻟﻜﺘﺎﺑﺎت. وﻳﻬﺪف ﻫﺬا اﻟﻜﺘﺎب اﻟﺬي ﻳﺠﻤﻊ ﻣﺴﺎﻫﻤﺎت اﻟﻤﺘﺨﺼﺼﻴﻦ اﻟﻔﺮﻧﺴﻴﻴﻦ واﻟﻤﺼﺮﻳﻴﻦ إﻟﻰ اﻟﺘﺬﻛﻴﺮ ﺑﺎﻟﻤﺴﺎﻫﻤﺔ اﻷﺳﺎﺳﻴﺔ ﻟﻬﺬا اﻟﺒﺎﺣﺚ اﻟﻼﻣﻊ واﻟﺼﺪﻳﻖ ﻟﻤﺼﺮ وذﻟﻚ ﺑﻤﻨﺎﺳﺒﺔ اﻟﺬﻛﺮى اﻟﺨﻤﺴﻴﻦ ﻟﻮﻓﺎﺗﻪ.

Art museums --- Islamic art. --- Art islamique. --- Wiet, Gaston, --- Matḥaf al-Fann al-Islāmī (Cairo, Egypt) --- Musée de l'art islamique (Le Caire).

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Jews lived in Egypt over many centuries, from biblical times until the middle of the previous century. Nevertheless, Jewish life in medieval Islamic Egypt was for many years an obscure and understudied theme. The present book offers the reader a wide-ranging picture of Jewish life in medieval Egypt as depicted by most recent scholarship. Starting from the last phases of the Byzantine era and ending with the Mamluk period, the book presents a scholarly yet vivid description of Jewish communal organization, judiciary, economic frameworks, family life, and lingual practices, as well as religious and literary activities of the medieval Jews of Egypt.

Jews --- History --- Egypt --- Civilization --- Jewish influences. --- Ayyubids. --- Cairo Geniza. --- Dhimma. --- Egypt. --- Fatimids. --- Hebrew poetry. --- Islam. --- Jewish-Muslim relations. --- Judaism. --- Judeo-Arabic literature. --- Mamluks. --- Medieval. --- Middle Ages. --- Moses Maimonides. --- ancient. --- antiquity. --- antisemitism. --- culture. --- customs. --- economy. --- family life. --- geography. --- history. --- language. --- law. --- marriage. --- minorities. --- mishnah. --- politics. --- religious practice. --- self-government.