Egypt

About the author and contributors Note on transliteration Acknowledgments 1: Geography: Introduction Physical landscapes State formation Human landscapes Geopolitics Conclusion 2: History: Chronology Ancient Egypt: Predynastic and Old Kingdom First intermediate period, Middle Kingdom, and second intermediate period New Kingdom and third intermediate period Later period: rise of foreign domination Hellenic, Roman, and Coptic: Ptolemaic and Roman rule Coptic Egypt Medieval Egypt: Islamic conquest and Umayyad rule Abbasid revolution Fatimids and Ayyubids Mamluks Ottoman Egypt: Direct rule and Mamluk resurgence Beylicate French invasion Modern Egypt: Age of Muhammad Ali Ibrahim, Abbas, and Said: the beginnings of a dynasty Ismail the magnificent British occupation: the veiled protectorate World War I, the protectorate, and the 1919 revolution Liberal era Revolution Sadat and Infitah Mubarak years 3: Government And Politics: Independence and Egypt's liberal era: 1922-1952: Nostalgia Liberal experiment and triangular politics Hollow substitutes for democracy, 1952-1976: Revolution Liberation rally, national union, and Arab Socialist union Harsh reality of Nasserist Authoritarianism and the June war Sadat: the early years, consolidating power Infitah politics, mid-1970s to 2000s: Controlled democracy under Sadat Mubarak: a path clearly beaten or a clearly beaten path, the first decade Elections of the 1990s and the early 2000s Dynamism and stagnation in recent politics, 2000 to present Egypt's court system Conclusion

4: Economy:

Overview:

Egyptian economy today

Egypt's economic structure

Egypt's industry:

Egypt's industrial revolutions

Corruption and revolution

Egypt's industries after the revolution

Labor:

Labor market conditions in 2012

Labor laws and unemployment

Trade, finance, and Banque-Misr:

Egyptian financial system

Recruiting diverse investors for Banque-Mist (Deeb 1976)

Joint-stock companies established by Banque-Misr, 1929-1939

Banque-Misr 2012

Religious guidelines for banking

Banque-Misr achievements, 1920-1960

Trade and finance, 1960-2011

January 2011 and its impact on the financial situation

5: Society:

Religion and thought:

Islam: a way of life

Islam: the basics

Islam: a religion of social justice, the origins

Islam: the misunderstood aspects

Copts in Egypt

Forgotten citizens: Jews of Egypt

We cannot be citizens because there is no field

Popular religion: Sufism and other trends

Social classes and ethnicity:

Ancient Egyptian society: setting the stage

Riddle of modern Egyptian identity

Race, religion, and class

Nineteenth-century change

From the 1919 revolution to the 1952 revolution

Social class in the era of Infitah

Women:

Introduction

1800-1848

1848 to World War I

World War I, 1919 revolution, and Egypt's liberal era

1952 to present

Culture, religion, and marriage

Education:

Islamic, Coptic, and Jewish traditional education

Birth of the modern educational system

Egyptian mind occupied

Liberal era

Education after the revolution

6: Culture:

Language:

History

Language and education

Arabic in Egypt today

Etiquette:

Overview

Proverbs

Literature:

Writers in poetry and fiction

Respected writers of the past

Woman's role in Egyptian life and literature

Female writers

Latest trends and writers

Literary journals and magazines

New literature: literary blogosphere and online presence

Authors in exile

New wave publishers and bookshops to whet the reader's appetite

Art and architecture:

Overview

Production and reception of Egyptian art

Egyptology and Egyptomania

Art museums with significant collections of Egyptian art

Egyptian music:

Ancient Egyptian music

Coptic music

Arab music

Modern music

Food:

From ancient to modern

Today's table

Holiday foods

Recipe appendix

Sports and leisure:

Introduction

Coffee, tea, and coffeehouses

Traditional celebrations

Less time for fun and games, new venues for play

Leveling the playing field

Soccer: the great rivalry and international competition

Vacations and leisure

Popular, youth, and consumer culture:

Consuming desires

New shopping districts

From nationalization to Infitah

Rise of the mall and new fashion trends

New coffeehouse culture

Internet culture

Nightlife: bars, clubs, and discotheques

Performing arts: theater, dance, film:

Theater: the beginnings

Shadow theater

From the French invasion the British occupation

Pinnacle of Egyptian theater, 1882-1952

Theater after the 1952 revolution

Dance

Film

7: Contemporary Issues:

Before and after the revolution

January 25 movement

Peace with Israel and the Gaza Border

HIV and AIDS

Women, population, and the controversy over female genital mutilation (FGM)

City of garbage, swine flu, and the culling of the pigs

Sectarian conflict

Death of Shaykh Tantawi, a voice of mediation

Jihad, the U S -Egyptian relations, and hope in Obamania

Egypt: solving problems and the little car that could

Kick back, relax, and watch

Glossary and abbreviations

Facts and figures

Major holidays in Egyptian culture

Egypt-related organizations

Annotated bibliography

Thematic index

Index.