Midnight in Cairo: The Femal Stars of Egypt's Roaring 20s - Hardcover

Cormack, Raphael

 
9780863563133: Midnight in Cairo: The Femal Stars of Egypt's Roaring 20s
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0863563139 ISBN 13: 9780863563133
Verlag: Durnell Marston, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

1920s Cairo: singers were pressing hit records, dramatic troupes were springing up and cabarets were packed a counterculture was on the rise. In bars, hash-dens and music halls, people of all backgrounds came together as a passionate group of artists captivated Egyptian society. Of these performers, Cairos biggest stars were female, and they asserted themselves on the stage like never before. Two of the most famous troupes were run by women; Badia Masabnis dancehall became the hottest nightspot in town; Aziza Amir, a pioneer of Egyptian cinema, made her stage debut; and legendary singer Umm Kulthum first rose to fame. It is these women, who knew both the opportunities and prejudices that this world offered, who best reveal this cosmopolitan and raucous citys secrets. Midnight in Cairo tells the thrilling story of Egypts interwar nightlife and entertainment industry through the lives of its most pioneering women. Introducing an eccentric cast of characters, it brings to life a world of revolutionary ideas and provocative art one which laid the foundations of Arab popular culture today. It is a story of modern Cairo as we have never heard it before.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Raphael Cormack lived in Cairo for several years. He is the editor of The Book of Cairo and the co-editor of The Book of Khartoum. His writing on Arabic literature, culture and history has appeared in the London Review of Books, Prospect, TLS and Apollo Magazine, among others. Cormack received a BA in Classics from Balliol College, University of Oxford, a diploma in Arabic Language from the American University in Cairo, an MA in Middle Eastern Studies from Columbia University, New York, and a PhD in Egyptian theatre from the University of Edinburgh. He lives in Oxford.

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Verlag
Durnell Marston
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0863563139
ISBN 13 
9780863563133
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Anzahl der Seiten
320
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