Egypt 1919
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A01=Dina Heshmat
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Ahmed Mourad
Amin 'Izz al-Din
Amin Sidqi
anti-colonial struggle
anti-colonialism
Author_Dina Heshmat
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Egyptian film
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Hassan al-Imam
historiography
Isma'il 'Abd al-Hafiz
Laila Soliman
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Middle Eastern literature
modern Arabic literature
Mustafa Amin
Mustafa Musharrafa
Naguib Mahfouz
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Sa'd al-Din Wahba
social class
social revolution
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Tawfiq al-Hakim
Product details
- ISBN 9781474458351
- Weight: 514g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 08 Jul 2020
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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The 1919 anti-colonial revolution is a key moment in modern Egyptian history and a historical reference point in Egyptian culture through the century. This book offers a close reading of a wide range of novels, films, plays and memoirs that feature this momentous historical event. By examining canonised as well as neglected works, Dina Heshmat highlights the processes of remembering and forgetting that have contributed to shaping a dominant imaginary about 1919 in Egypt, coined by successive political and cultural elites. Informed by concepts of class and gender, this book brings out a number of issues that underlie the memory of 1919 in Egypt, as it is constantly evolving by ongoing social, cultural and political struggles. As the author seeks to understand how and why so many voices have been relegated to the margins, she reinserts elements of the different representations into the dominant narrative. This opens up a new perspective on the legacy of 1919 in Egypt, inviting readers to meet the marginalised voices of the revolution and to reconnect with its layered emotional fabric.
Dr Dina Heshmat is an Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature at the American University in Cairo. She is the author of Cairo in Modern and Contemporary Egyptian Literature (Supreme Council of Culture in Egypt, 2007).
