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Midnight in Cairo : the divas of Egypt's roaring '20s by Cormack, Raphael is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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One of the worlds most multicultural cities, twentieth-century Cairo was a magnet for the ambitious and talented. During the 1920s and 30s, a vibrant music, theater, film, and cabaret scene flourished, defining what it meant to be a modern Egyptian. Women came to dominate the Egyptian entertainment industryas stars of the stage and screen but also as impresarias, entrepreneurs, owners, and promoters of a new and strikingly modern entertainment industry. Raphael Cormack unveils the rich histories of independent, enterprising women like vaudeville star Rose al-Youssef (who launched one of Cairos most important newspapers); nightclub singer Mounira al-Mahdiyya (the first woman to lead an Egyptian theater company) and her great rival, Oum Kalthoum (still venerated for her soulful lyrics); and other fabulous female stars of the interwar period, a time marked by excess and unheard-of freedom of expression. Buffeted by crosswinds of colonialism and nationalism, conservatism and liberalism, religious and secular values, patriarchy and feminism, this new generation of celebrities offered a new vision for women in Egypt and throughout the Middle East.

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Author

Cormack, Raphael

Publisher

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393541137

Category

history

Subjects

Gender Studies, History, Social_sciences

Rating

4.6 / 5 (114 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14