Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide (New Revised 7th Edition)

Williams, Caroline

ISBN 10: 9774168550 / ISBN 13: 9789774168550

Published by The American University in Cairo Press, 2018

About this Item

2018. New, Revised. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9789774168550

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide (New Revised 7th Edition)
• Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9774168550
• ISBN 13: 9789774168550
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Cairo’s Islamic monuments are part of an uninterrupted tradition that spans over a thousand years of building activity. No other Islamic city can equal Cairo’s spectacular heritage, nor trace its historical and architectural development with such clarity. The discovery of this historic core, first visually by nineteenth-century western artists, then intellectually by twentieth-century Islamic art specialists, now awaits the delight of the general visitor. 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.

About the Author

Caroline Williams, with graduate degrees in Middle Eastern history from Harvard and Islamic art and architecture from the American University in Cairo, has been a frequent resident of, visitor to, Cairo since 1961.