The Jews in modern Egypt, 1914-1952
By: Gudrun Krämer.
Series: Publications on the Near East, University of Washington ;; no. 4
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Jews -- Egypt -- History -- 20th century.; Egypt -- Ethnic relations.
Description: "From the late 1800s until World War II, the Jewish communities of Cairo and Alexandria were vibrant, prosperous, and dynamic elements of Egyptian society. Suddenly in the 1980s only a few hundred Jews remained in the entire country. Gudrun Krämer explores the reasons for the swift rise and rapid decline of this minority community in a Muslim land. Beginning with an examination of the communal structure and composition of Egyptian Jewry, she illuminates its diversity in religious rite, ethnic origin, language, and nationality."--Book Jacket.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 280-296.
Includes index.
Revision and translation of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--1982.