In This Issue May 2010

In This Issue
May 2010
Dear Reader,
» Arabian Horse Book
Launch at Albadeia Stud
Farm
» Special Offers Now
Available
» Magda Mehdawy Traces
the Origin and Flavor of
Ancient Egyptian Cuisine in
Her New Book The
Pharaoh's Kitchen
» AUC Press Senior
Development Editor Randi
Danforth Speaks about
Working on Preserving
Egypt’s Cultural Heritage
During this month of May, the AUC Press
held a number of memorable outdoor
events: its AUC Press Staff day, an annual
celebration for the staff and their families at
the Downtown Campus; the launch of the
spectacular new AUC Press publication
The Arabian Horse of Egypt, held at the
Albadeia Stud Farm in Giza, hosted by the
photographer and a third-generation horse
breeder, Nasr Marei; and finally the Annual AUC Press Book, Art, & Music
Festival, held this year on the historic al-Mu’izz Street in Islamic Cairo, to
celebrate AUC Press authors and new publications.
As part of our celebrations of five decades of publishing excellence, we
will be hosting next month a special 50th Anniversary celebration, to pay
tribute to AUC Press authors and friends of the AUC Press Bookstores. It
promises to be a unique event at the AUC Downtown Cultural Center.
With summer now around the corner, as many of you are undoubtedly
planning your summer holiday, we invite you to browse through our latest
catalog or drop by your favorite branch of the AUC Press Bookstores to
pick out some of our recent and diverse publications: The Pharaoh’s
Kitchen by Magda Mehdawy and Amr Hussein, a delicious collection of
recipes to teach you how to cook and eat like the ancient Egyptians during
your vacation; The Literary Atlas of Cairo by Samia Mehrez, readings
from numerous literary works that trace Cairo’s urban fabric over a period
of one hundred years; or for a more political read, The Foreign Politics of
Arab States, edited by Bahgat Korany and Ali. E. Hillal Dessouki.
During the summer the AUC Press offices will remain open. The next
complete AUC Press catalog is due in August. We are looking forward to
many wonderful new titles in our fall season, such as Galal Amin’s Egypt
in the Era of Hosni Mubarak, The Minarets of Cairo by Doris BehrensAbouseif, and The Essential Naguib Mahfouz, edited by Denys JohnsonDavies.
While we continue to commemorate our 50th Anniversary throughout the
rest of year, the AUC Press will be hosting a number of events again
starting September, including several Book & Author receptions and award
presentations.
Enjoy your summer!
Mark Linz, Director
The AUC Press
Cairo – New York
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Book of the Month – Available at the AUC Press Bookstores
The Coptic Papacy in Islamic
Egypt, 641 - 1517
Mark N. Swanson
Upcoming Events
Sunday, June 20, 2010
50th Anniversary Celebration
AUC Press Downtown
Bookstore and Gardens
7:00 pm
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Cairo Media Iftar
Downtown Cultural Center
6:00 pm
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Book & Author Lecture /
Reception
New Campus Bookstore
6:00 pm
This is the long-awaited Volume 2 of
The Popes of Egypt: A History of the
Coptic Church and Its Patriarchs
series! Mark N. Swanson, professor
of Christian-Muslim studies and
interfaith relations at the Lutheran
School of Theology at Chicago,
offers extensive research on the
medieval Coptic popes, their saintly
predecessors, and the Coptic
Orthodox Church within the new
Islamic world order. To read more
and order the book online, click here.
New AUC Press Books
– Available at the AUC Press
Bookstores
The Literary Atlas of Cairo
One Hundred Years in the Life of the
City
By Samia Mehrez
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This is the first time that a book
brings together readings from literary
works by Egyptians, Arabs, men and
women, Muslims, Copts, and Jews,
to re-construct and re-map part of the
history of the great city of Cairo.
Scholars and students, but also
Cairo residents and visitors, will find
the book original and fascinating.
Click here to read more and order the
book.
The Pharaoh’s Kitchen
Recipes from Ancient Egypt's
Enduring Food Traditions
By Magda Mehdawy and Amr
Hussein
For devotees of Egyptian cooking
this book not only documents how
the ancient Egyptians cooked and
ate but also provides the recipes to
prepare some of these dishes that
are still very much part of the local
cuisine. Click here to read more and
order the book.
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More new AUC Press books
AUC Press Authors at Recent Events
Juan Cole, Author of Napoleon’s Egypt, Analyzes US Invasion of
Iraq
Egyptology Author Salima Ikram Discusses Egyptian Funerary
Archaeology in the Western Desert
Bernard O’Kane Speaks at Symposium on Islamic Art and Culture
Recent Reviews of AUC Press Publications
Reviews of The Arabian Horse of Egypt, with photographs by Nasr
Marei, foreword by HRH Princess Alia Bint Al Hussein, and introduction
by Cynthia Culbertson:
The Arabian Horses of Egypt: Celebrating beauty and grace by
Jenna Krajeski, Al Masry Al Youm, May 15, 2010
Images of equestrian elegance by Mariam Hamdy, Daily News Egypt,
May 13, 2010
As told by Chahine: was the best-known Arab film-maker also the
best? by Ursula Lindsey, The National, May 13, 2010
Boutique battlefield
Youssef Rakha reviews Samia Mehrez’s Egypt’s Culture Wars, Al
Ahram Weekly, 6-12 May, 2010
The cinematographic legacy of Youssef Chahine, by Lisa Kaaki,
ArabNews.com, April 28, 2010
Arabic Literature (in English) - The Best 100 Arabic Books
According to the Arab Writers Union
Featuring several AUC Press books
www.arablit.wordpress.com, April 23, 2010
Essays driving change
Arab News reviews Transformed Landscapes: Essays on Palestine and
the Middle East in Honor of Walid Khalidi, edited by Camille Mansour
and Leila Fawaz, by Lisa Kaaki, April 14, 2010
EGYPT: New book tells the story of saving the past
Jeffrey Fleishman reviews Preserving Egypt’s Cultural Heritage, edited
by Randi Danforth, Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2010
Habib Selmi’s Scents of Marie-Claire
Mu’ti Qabal interviews the author of the new AUC Press modern Arabic
novel, The National, March 2010
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