For 130 years, tensions have raged over the place of Islamic ideas and practices within modern Egypt. This history focuses on a pivotal yet understudied school,

Cairo University has been crucially important in shaping the national life of modern Egypt. In this history, Professor Reid explains the university's part in th

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A history of Egypt from the Arab conquest to the present day.

While previous scholarship has viewed Mehmed Ali Pasha as the founder of modern Egypt, Khaled Fahmy offers a new interpretation of his role in the rise of Egypt