Remaking the Modern
Subtitle: Space, Relocation, and the Politics of Identity in a Global Cairo
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: September 2, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780520230460
Subjects: African studies; Anthropology; Social groups & communities; Urbanization; Egypt; Cairo (Egypt); Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology - Urban; Politics/International Relations; Anthropology - Cultural; Anthropology - General; Customs & Traditions; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Cairo; City and town life; Social conditions
First sentence: The phrase Umm al-Dunya (Mother of the World) is used by Egyptians and Arabs to refer to Cairo.