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Raphael Cormack Midnight in Cairo (Paperback). Author: Raphael Cormack. Title: Midnight in Cairo. Format: Paperback. Release Date: 07/26/2022. Publisher: WW Norton & Co. Subtitle: The Divas of Egypt's Roaring '20s. Genre: History. Item Weight: 293g. Further DetailsTitle: Midnight in Cairo Condition: New Description: One of the world’s most multicultural cities, twentieth-century Cairo was a magnet for the ambitious and talented. During the 1920s and ’30s, a vibrant music, theater, film, and cabaret scene flourished, defining what it meant to be a “modern” Egyptian. Women came to dominate the Egyptian entertainment industry—as stars of the stage and screen but also as impresarias, entrepreneurs, owners, and promoters of a new and strikingly modern entertainment industry.Raphael Cormack unveils the rich histories of independent, enterprising women like vaudeville star Rose al-Youssef (who launched one of Cairo’s most important newspapers); nightclub singer Mounira al-Mahdiyya (the first woman to lead an Egyptian theater company) and her great rival, Oum Kalthoum (still venerated for her soulful lyrics); and other fabulous female stars of the interwar period, a time marked by excess and unheard-of freedom of expression. Buffeted by crosswinds of colonialism and nationalism, conservatism and liberalism, “religious” and “secular” values, patriarchy and feminism, this new generation of celebrities offered a new vision for women in Egypt and throughout the Middle East. Author: Raphael Cormack EAN: 9781324021933 Format: Paperback Country/Region of Manufacture: US ISBN-10: 1324021934 ISBN: 9781324021933 Language: English Item Height: 211mm Item Length: 140mm Item Width: 25mm Item Weight: 293g Genre: History Subtitle: The Divas of Egypt's Roaring '20s Publisher: WW Norton & Co Release Date: 07/26/2022 Release Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
