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Cairo Cosmopolitan: Politics, Culture, And Urban Space In The New Globalized Middle East
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Hardcover
from Amer Univ in Cairo Pr (June 30, 2006)
9789774249280 | details & prices | 542 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.50 in. | 2.35 lbs | List price $39.50
Paperback
from Amer Univ in Cairo Pr (October 15, 2009)
9789774162893 | details & prices | 542 pages | 5.75 × 9.00 × 1.50 in. | 2.05 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Bringing together a distinguished interdisciplinary group of scholars, this volume explores what happens when new forms of privatization meet collectivist pasts, public space is sold off to satisfy investor needs and tourist gazes, and the state plans for Egypt's future in desert cities while stigmatizing and neglecting Cairo's popular neighborhoods.
About: Bringing together a distinguished interdisciplinary group of scholars, this volume explores what happens when new forms of privatization meet collectivist pasts, public space is sold off to satisfy investor needs and tourist gazes, and the state plans for Egypt's future in desert cities while stigmatizing and neglecting Cairo's popular neighborhoods.