Cinematic Cairo: Egyptian Urban Modernity from Reel to Real

--An exciting new look at cinematic Cairo through the eyes of architects and art and literary historians.
--The first book that attempts to narrate the history of modern Cairo using film as the main frame of reference.
--Covers 100 years of the development of the city as well as the development of Egyptian film and filmmaking.
--Shows the close and reciprocal relationship between the actual physical city of Cairo and its representation on film.
--Traces the idea of an Egyptian urban modernity through film and shows how certain social norms and attitudes have changes over the course of a century.