Adonis.Trans. Catherine Cobham.An Introduction to Arab Poetics. University of Texas Press, 1990. Musings of a great contemporary Arab poet on the tradition from which he came, how it evolved, and where it is going.
Boullata, Issa J., and Terri De Young, eds.Tradition and Modernity in Arabic Literature. University of Arkansas Press, 1997. Collection of critical essays on all periods of Arabic literature, with some discussions of Arabic film and theatre.
Raymond, Andre.Cairo. Harvard University Press, 2000. A study that weaves an extraordinary tapestry of Cairo's past and present.
Rodenbeck, Max.Cairo: The City Victorious. Vintage, 2000. A cultural history of the Egyptian capital from its ancient beginnings to the present.
Stewart, Desmond.Great Cairo, Mother of the World. American University in Cairo Press, 1997. Cairo's long, romantic history as a political and cultural center.
Holland, Matthew F.America and Egypt: From Roosevelt to Eisenhower. Praeger, 1996. Relations between the United States and Egypt during the 1940s and 1950s, from both American and Middle Eastern perspectives.
Marsot, Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid.A Short History of Modern Egypt. Cambridge University Press, 1985. Succinct history beginning with the Arab conquest in 639, with emphasis on the 20th century.
Vatikiotis, P. J.The History of Modern Egypt. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. History from 1805 to the assassination of Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat and the presidency of Hosni Mubarak.
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