Routledge Handbook on Cairo: Histories, Representations and Discourses

This Routledge Handbook on Cairo, written by the who is who of Cairo scholars, simultaneously provides a single text that narrates the Cairo of yesterday and of today and provides both the general and the specialized reader with an authoritative reference for the city.

Divided into three parts, the Routledge Handbook chapters provide comprehensive coverage of Cairo from both a disciplinary and an interdisciplinary point of view, by scholars from a wide range of expertise. The first part contains chapters that cover the history of the city to provide both a concise picture and an overall view of the diversity of its constituent parts and periods. Part two deals with the various forms of representations of the city from high end literature to popular songs, and from photographs to films. Finally, part three covers current discourses about the city, comprising historical reflections on the city from the present, surveys of its current condition, analysis of its urban problems, and visions for its future.

The Routledge Handbook on Cairo is a unique and innovative look at the ever evolving state of Cairo. It will be a vital reference source for scholars and students of Architecture, Cultural Studies, History, Middle Eastern Studies, Politics, and Urban Studies.