by Nezar Alsayyad (Editor), Heba Safey Eldeen (Editor)
--An exciting new look at cinematic Cairo through the eyes of architects and art and literary historians.
--The first book that attempts to narrate the history of modern Cairo using film as the main frame of reference.
--Covers 100 years of the development of the city as well as the development of Egyptian film and filmmaking.
--Shows the close and reciprocal relationship between the actual physical city of Cairo and its representation on film.
--Traces the idea of an Egyptian urban modernity through film and shows how certain social norms and attitudes have changes over the course of a century.
Author Biography
Nezar AlSayyad is emeritus professor of architecture, planning, urban design, and urban history at the University of California, Berkeley, where he also served as chair of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. He was founder and past president of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments. Among his numerous books are: Nile: Urban Histories on the Banks of a River (2020), Cairo: Histories of a City (2011), Cinematic Urbanism (2006), Making Cairo Medieval (2005), and The End of Tradition (2004).
Heba Safey Eldeen is professor of architecture and urban design at Misr International University, Cairo, and an adjunct professor at the American University in Cairo. She currently serves as director of the House of Egyptian Architecture, under the Cultural Development Fund of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture. She is also director of the Architecture and Children Work Program of the International Union of Architects, and a member of the Architecture Committee of the Supreme Council for Culture of Egypt.