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The Making of Independent Egypt
The road to Egyptian independence was not straightforward. It involved a long, delicate, and often conflicting balance between British strategic interests and Egyptian nationalist aspirations.
The Making of Independent Egypt
Arabic Music Record Sleeves and What They Can Tell Us
There is still so much we do not know about the history of independent Arab recording companies in the ‘shellac era’ (1897-1960s). A handful of record sleeves, that would have once been thrown away, tell us about how some of them were connected.
Arabic Music Record Sleeves and What They Can Tell Us
A ‘Great and Happy Union’: The marriage of Iran’s Muhammad Reza Pahlavi and Egypt’s Fawziyyah Fu’ad, 1939
The marriage of Muhammad Reza Pahlavi and Fawziyyah Fu’ad in 1939 sparked excitement and interest well beyond their two countries. British records shed light on the commemoration and significance of this ultimately ill-fated union.
A ‘Great and Happy Union’: The marriage of Iran’s Muhammad Reza Pahlavi and Egypt’s Fawziyyah Fu’ad, 1939
Fragments of Abbasid Science from a Desert Monastery
Two fragments of a medieval Arabic manuscript were bought by different collectors in northern Europe some nine centuries after they were copied. The manuscript contains a mix of scientific and Christian religious texts and can now be digitally reassembled.
Fragments of Abbasid Science from a Desert Monastery
A Rejection of Protection: The Egyptian Uprising of 1919
A rejected nationalist delegation became the spark that set Egypt ablaze in revolution.
A Rejection of Protection: The Egyptian Uprising of 1919