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‘Arabi Liblib Egyptian Colloquial Arabic for the Advanced Learner. 3: Idioms and Other Expressions Kamal Al Ekhnawy and by Jamal Ali	A Convergence of Civilizations The Transformation of Muslim Societies around the World Yousef Courbage Emmanuel Todd	An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians Edward William Lane Introduced by Jason Thompson	Ancient Nubia African Kingdoms on the Nile Edited by Marjorie M. Fisher Peter Lacovara Salima Ikram Edited by Sue D’Auria Photographs by Chester Higgins Jr
Cairo Contested Governance, Urban Space, and Global Modernity Edited by Diane Singerman	Cairo Papers Vol. 31, No. 1 Humanist Perspectives on Sacred Space Edited by by David Blanks Bradley Clough	Cairo Papers Vol. 31, No. 3/4 Visual Productions of Knowledge: Toward a Different Middle East Edited by Hanan Sabea Mark Westmoreland	Cairo Practical Maps New Revised Edition
Candy Girl An Egyptian Novel M.M. Tawfik Translated by the author	Christianity and Monasticism in Aswan and Nubia Edited by Gawdat Gabra Hany Takla	Coptic Civilization Edited by Gawdat Gabra	Cracking the Egyptian Code The Revolutionary Life of Jean-François Champollion by by Andrew Robinson
Djekhy & Son Doing Business in Ancient Egypt Koenraad Donker van Heel	Egypt in the Era of Hosni Mubarak, 1981–2011 Galal Amin	Friendly Fire Tales of Today’s Egypt Alaa Al Aswany Translated by Humphrey Davies	Giving Voices to the Voiceless Gender-Based Violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Jamileh Abu-Duhou
Grand Hotels of Egypt In the Golden Age of Travel Andrew Humphreys	High above Cairo & the Pyramids Set of 12 Postcards Marcello Bertinetti	High above Egypt’s Desert & Oases Set of 12 Postcards Marcello Bertinetti	High above Luxor & Aswan Set of 12 Postcards Marcello Bertinetti
High above Sinai & the Red Sea Set of 12 Postcards Marcello Bertinetti	High above the Nile Set of 12 Postcards Marcello Bertinetti	I Was Born There, I Was Born Here Mourid Barghouti Translated by Humphrey Davies	Kalaam Gamiil An Intensive Course in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic. Volume 2 Abbas Al-Tonsi Laila Al-Sawi Suzanne Massoud
Khul‘ Divorce in Egypt Public Debates, Judicial Practices, and Everyday Life Nadia Sonneveld	Life on Hold A Saudi Arabian Novel Fahd al-Atiq Translated by by Jonathan Wright	Lughatuna al-Fusha A New Course in Modern Standard Arabic: Book Three Samia Louis	Mapping Arab Women’s Movements A Century of Transformations from Within Edited by Pernille Arenfeldt Nawar Al-Hassan Golley
Messages from Tahrir 24 Postcards	Newly-Discovered Statues From Giza, 1990–2009 Zahi Hawass	On the State of Egypt The Issues That Caused the Revolution Alaa Al Aswany Translated by Jonathan Wright	Proceedings of the Colloquium on Theban Archaeology at the Supreme Council of Antiquities Edited by Zahi Hawass Tamas Bacs Gabor Schreiber
Read Me a Book The Story of Egypt’s Former First Lady and Her Grandson Suzanne Mubarak	Tales of Encounter Three Egyptian Novellas Yusuf Idris Translated by by Rasheed El-Enany	Temple of the World Sanctuaries, Cults, and Mysteries of Ancient Egypt Miroslav Verner Translated by by Anna Bryson-Gustová	The Book of Epiphanies An Egyptian Novel Gamal al-Ghitani Translated by by Farouk Abdel Wahab
The Cairo of Naguib Mahfouz Photographs by Britta Le Va Text by Gamal al-Ghitani Foreword by by Naguib Mahfouz	The Cairo Review of Global Affairs Journal of the AUC School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Issue #3 Edited by Scott MacLeod	The Cairo Review of Global Affairs Journal of the AUC School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Issue #2 Edited by Scott MacLeod	The Caliph of Cairo Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, 996–1021 Paul E. Walker
The Changing Middle East A New Look at Regional Dynamics Edited by Bahgat Korany	The History and Religious Heritage of Old Cairo Its Fortress, Churches, Synagogue, and Mosque Edited by Carolyn Ludwig and by Morris Jackson Photographs by Sherif Sonbol	The Illustrated Guide to the Luxor Museum of Ancient Art and the Nubia Museum of Aswan Janice Kamrin Foreword by Zahi Hawass	The Illustrated Guide to the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo With contributions by Mohamed Abbas and Iman Abdulfattah Bernard O’Kane With contributions by Mohamed Abbas Iman Abdulfattah
The Large Landowning Class and the Peasantry in Egypt 1837-1952 Raouf Abbas and by Assem El-Dessouky Edited by Peter Gran	The Magic of Turquoise Mai Khaled Translated by Marwa Elnaggar	The Naguib Mahfouz Centennial Library Celebrating One Hundred Years of Egypt’s Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz	The Palm House Tarek Eltayeb Translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid
The Struggle for Egypt From Nasser to Tahrir Square Steven A. Cook	The Sultan’s Fountain An Imperial Story of Cairo, Istanbul, and Amsterdam Agnieszka Dobrowolska Jaroslaw Dobrowolski	The Turks in Egypt and Their Cultural Legacy Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu Translated by Humphrey Davies	The World through the Eyes of Angels An Iraqi Novel Mahmoud Saeed Translated by Samuel Salter Zahra Jishi Rafah Abuinnab
Time of White Horses Ibrahim Nasrallah Translated by Nancy Roberts	Translating Egypt’s Revolution The Language of Tahrir Edited by Samia Mehrez	Umm al-Dunya Advanced Egyptian Colloquial Arabic Abbas Al-Tonsi Heba Salem Nevenka Korica Sullivan	Understanding Cairo The Logic of a City Out of Control David Sims
Understanding Islamic Fundamentalism The Theological and Ideological Basis of al-Qa‘ida’s Political Tactics Sayed Khatab	Veiling Architecture Decoration of Domestic Buildings in Upper Egypt 1672–1950 Ahmed Abdel-Gawad	Women Travelers in Egypt From the Eighteenth to the Twenty-first Century Deborah Manley	Writing Egypt History, Literature, and Culture Edited by Aleya Serour Foreword by Mark Linz