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- Creating Medieval Cairo: Empire, Religion, and Architectural Preservation in Nineteenth-Century Egypt
Creating Medieval Cairo: Empire, Religion, and Architectural Preservation in Nineteenth-Century Egypt
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The book also explains why and how the city assumed its characteristically Mamluk appearance and situates the activities of the European-dominated architectural preservation committee (known as the Comite) within the history of religious life in nineteenth-century Cairo. Sanders explores such varied topics as the British experience in India, the Egyptian debate over religious reform, and the influence of "The Thousand and One Nights" on European notions of the medieval Arab city. Offering fresh perspectives and keen historical analysis, this volume examines the unacknowledged colonial legacy that continues to inform the practice of and debates over preservation in Cairo.
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