Egypt + Egyptian history

Book Reviews

• Alaa Al Aswany: The Yacoubian Building
  - a novel of violence and corruption in Cairo
• Sergio Donadoni: The Egyptians
  - the social history of ancient Egypt
• John L. Foster: Love Songs of the New Kingdom*
  - ancient Egyptian love poems
• S.D. Goitein: A Mediterranean Society
  - the Jewish community in medieval Cairo
• Fouad N. Ibrahim, Barbara Ibrahim: Egypt: An Economic Geography
  - a broad-ranging survey
• Naguib Mahfouz: Akhenaten, Dweller in Truth
  - a novel of ancient Egypt
• Naguib Mahfouz: Respected Sir; Wedding Song; The Search*
  - three short novels by the great Egyptian writer
• Donald B. Redford: Egypt, Canaan and Israel in Ancient Times
  - from prehistory to the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC
• Karim Sadr: The Development of Nomadism in Ancient Northeast Africa
  - a deft and suggestive combination of theory and evidence

See also: Africa | Arabic literature | Israel + Judaism