The AUC Press e-Newsletter
~ October 2018
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REMEMBERING GALAL AMIN
Intellectual, writer, economist, and professor
Amin graduated from Cairo University in 1955 with a law degree before studying economics at the London School of Economics, where he obtained his PhD in 1964. He taught at Egypt’s Ain Shams University and then, for over forty years, at the American University in Cairo’s department of economics, where he was named Professor Emeritus in recognition of his outstanding academic achievements.
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THE AUC PRESS WEBSITE
Our website is currently undergoing maintenance. Sincere apologies to our customers, readers, and authors for any inconvenience this may be causing.
We hope to have a soft launch of the brand new AUC Press website soon. In the meantime, to contact us,
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DID YOU KNOW?
AUC Press provides
free online
Arabic Language Learning resources.
Watch the videos, featuring clips, accompanying Samia Louis
’
s
Lughatuna al-Fusha: A New Course in Modern Standard Arabic: Book One,
on our
Arabic Resources YouTube channel
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DAVID SIMS - IN SEVEN ANSWERS
Based in Egypt for many years now, David Sims is an independent consultant specialized in urban development and habitat. He has worked in a number of Middle Eastern and North African countries, as well as elsewhere in Africa and Asia.
In his Seven Answers, he tells us what grabs him about Egypt's urban development.
Read more
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Early last month, we asked followers on Facebook what they thought of the AUC Press Fall 2018 catalog cover?
Among the various comments, someone wrote, “It looks like a movie poster rather than a press catalog.” This image is in fact from the film poster for Maw‘id ‘ala-‘asha’ (Arabic: موعد على العشاء, English: Dinner Date), a 1981 Egyptian romantic movie, starring Su‘ad Husni, Hussein Fahmi, and Ahmad Zaki.
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BOOK OF THE MONTH
By Caroline Williams
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This new, fully revised edition of a popular and handy guide continues to walk the visitor around more than two hundred of the city’s most interesting Islamic monuments. It also keeps pace with recent restoration initiatives and newly opened monuments.
“Anyone interested in knowing more about Cairo’s Islamic architecture should pick up the excellent
Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide
.”—
Lonely Planet: Cairo
, 1998
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EVENTS
10 - 14 October
Messegelände, Frankfurt
AUC Press at
Stand 6 Hall E105
15 - 18 November
San Antonio, Texas
17 - 22 November
AUC Christmas Book Fair
AUC Tahrir, Cairo
1- 6 December
New Cairo Holiday Book Fair
AUC New Cairo
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THE STORY BEHIND THE BOOK
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BOOK REVIEWS & AUTHOR NEWS
“[A]nything but ordinary . . . rekindles memories and brings to life the forgotten streets, lanes, alleys, and passageways of Central Cairo,” writes Lisa Kaaki in her review of
A Field Guide to The Street Names of Central Cairo
by Humphrey Davies and Lesley Lababidi (AUC Press, 2018)
Arab News
, September 26
Peter Gordon,
Asian Review of Books
, September 16
“The author forces the reader to confront the impact of European intervention in the Middle East,” writes Rupert Hawksley in a review of
The Watermelon Boys
by Ruqaya Izzidien (Hoopoe, 2018)
Rupert Hawksley,
The National
, September 3
Qinesta
, September
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