Cairo Cosmopolitan: Politics, Culture, and Urban Space in the New Globalized Middle East

Cairo Cosmopolitan: Politics, Culture, and Urban Space in the New Globalized Middle East

by Diane Singerman (Editor), PaulAmar (Editor)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 564
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
Published: 15 Oct 2009

ISBN 10: 9774162897
ISBN 13: 9789774162893