| Author/Contributor(s): | Serageldin, Samia |
| Publisher: | Syracuse University Press |
| Date: | 07/01/2003 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
A work that depicts the glamourous Egypt of the pashas and King Farouk, the police state of the colonels who seized power in 1952, the post-Sadat years and the rise of fundamentalism. It is a study of family and culture in transition and crisis, exploring the ambiguities of status and loyalty.