Cairo

In terms of scope, Marwan Kraidy’s The Naked Blogger of Cairo employs by far the broadest. In his nearly 300 pages, Kraidy analyzes examples of creative insurgency originating from the entire Middle Eastern region. In contrast, Syria speaks only deals with examples coming out of and or regarding the now war-torn country of Syria. Additionally, the two works also contrast in their arguments. In the Naked Blogger of Cairo, examples of creative insurgency are simply used as a means for Kraidy…

Book Review Quiet Diplomacy from Cairo to Tokyo in The Twilight of Imperialism is an autobiography of the Armin Meyer who served the U.S. for thirty years as a Foreign Service officer and an ambassador. As he was born in Indiana and grew up in Illinois and schooled in Ohio, he said, he was much influenced by the Midwest culture. Fort Wayne, Indian is his birth place, and he lived there for nine years. He was sent to live with his Aunts when his mother passed away. Lincoln, Illinois became…

people rebelled against the religious beliefs of the regime. The authors also mentioned the effects of the rebellion were that they were given punishments for rebelling and that they were almost caught by militia. To begin with, In the passage “Cairo: my city, my revolution”, the author’s perspective of the rebellion was that they should finally have justice and that they were there to save and reclaim their country. Also, the author described how the regime was trying to destroy them and that…

In 2011, the people of Egypt revolted against the regime led by the president of the time, Hosni Mubarak. Ahdaf Soueif’s recount of the revolution, “Cairo: My City, Our Revolution”, offers a personal perspective of the event and reveals the struggle borne by the Egyptians during that time. As portrayed by Soueif in “Cairo: My City, Our Revolution”, “... we had come together, as individuals, millions of us, in a great cooperative effort. And this time our project was to save and reclaim…

Roosevelt also used this as a time to tell Churchill that he decided upon Dwight D. Eisenhower as the commanding general to lead the Normandy Invasion. The result of the Cairo Conference was the declaration that was issued during the first meeting and stated that the Allied powers would use military force until Japan decided to surrender, so the allied countries could punish Japan for its aggression and hostility towards its neighboring countries. Arab-Israeli conflicts are still an issue in…

completion of the Illinois Central Railroad, with Cairo as its southern terminus, had spurred increased trade with Chicago and provided a critical linkage to the largest urban hub of the State. Following Grant’s use of Cairo as military headquarters, much of this trade was diverted to Chicago. Nonetheless, the arrival of a large pool of freedmen provided Cairo with a dramatically increased pool of unskilled labor and changed the urban landscape of the city. Cairo experienced its greatest…

and could not be implemented by Muslims without trespassing Islamic law. Subsequently, they took it upon themselves to create the Cairo Declaration in 1990.…

ruler of Mali took upon himself the sacred pilgrimage known as the hajj in 1324 where during his trip he stopped in the middle of Egypt at a place called Cairo. There in Cairo he gave away his gold and goods eventually resulting in the diminishing of his gold supply. Also, While in Cairo he instructed a great architect to build mosques so that Cairo would follow the religion of Islam more strongly. Mansa Musa was one of the richest men to ever live, during his hajj he brought 60,000 people with…

While Cairo wanted the Maltese Falcon to give to his boss, Fat Man aka Kasper Gutman, who possess a criminal background and has been looking for the Maltese Falcon for over seventeen years. When Gutman and Spade first encounter each other they’re discussing the whereabouts of the Maltese Falcon. Just like Cairo and O’Shaughnessy, Gutman too offered extreme amounts of money for Spade’s services. This is a common…

yet often inconsistent descriptive imagery. Representations of Midaq Alley and surrounding Cairo frequently highlight the Alley’s claustrophobic nature, yet also its past glory. This motif of forgotten grandeur is prominent in the novel, and plays a key role in underlining the varied and often clashing views on change. Mahfouz wrote Midaq Alley in and about a time of historic shifts for both the world and Cairo. Population was booming, the British army occupied the city, new technology was being…