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Mamluk Art
This thematic travel guide explores the intellectual, scientific and cultural heritage seen in Mamluk architecture and decorative arts through eight suggested travel itineraries. Seven of these are one-day trips, one being two-days, around Cairo and the northern cities of Alexandria, Rosetta and Fuwa in Lower Egypt. Maps, plans and colour photographs feature prominently and the itineraries are preceded by three thematic essays providing the historical background.
L’Art Mamelouk
L'Art Mamelouk: Splendeur et Magie des Sultans retrace presque trois siècles d'histoire, au cours desquels les victoires des sultans sur les Mongols et les Croisés ont assuré la sécurité politique et la stabilité économique de la région. L'essor intellectuel, scientifique et artistique de cette période se manifeste dans l'architecture et les arts décoratifs, dont la simplicité élégante et rigoureuse s'approche des canons modernes, et qui témoignent de la vitalité des échanges commerciaux, de l'énergie culturelle et de la puissance militaire et religieuse des Mamelouks. Huit circuits vous invitent à découvrir 51 musées, monuments et sites, au Caire, à Alexandrie et dans l...
L'Arte Mamelucca: Splendore e Magia del Regno dei Sultani
Adesso con indice delle località! L'Arte Mamelucca: Splendore e magia dei sultani racconta i quasi tre secoli di stabilità politica ed economica in Egitto conseguita dai sultani mamelucchi grazie alla difesa del territorio dalle minacce di mongoli e crociati. La fioritura intellettuale, scientifica e artistica soprattutto in architettura e nelle arti decorative, si rivela assai prossima ai canoni estetici moderni. Con la sua elegante e vigorosa semplicità testimonia la vitalità dei commerci, la solidità culturale ed il prestigio militare e religioso raggiunto dal sistema mamelucco. Otto Percorsi vi invitano a scoprire 51 musei, monumenti e siti al Cairo, ad Alessandria e sul Delta del Nilo.
The Queue
“Weird and wild.” —BookRiot “An effective critique of authoritarianism.” —NPR “Equal parts dystopia, satire, and allegory. —Los Angeles Review of Books Set against the backdrop of a failed political uprising in Egypt, this chilling debut evokes Orwellian dystopia, Kafkaesque surrealism, and a very real vision of life after the Arab Spring. In a surreal, but familiar, vision of modern day Egypt, a centralized authority known as ‘the Gate’ has risen to power in the aftermath of the ‘Disgraceful Events,’ a failed popular uprising. Citizens are required to obtain permission from the Gate in order to take care of even the most basic of their daily affairs, yet the Gate nev...
