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Modernism on the Nile: Art in Egypt between the Islamic and the Contemporary (Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks) by Alex Dika,[VNV Seggerman is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Analyzing the modernist art movement that arose in Cairo and Alexandria from the late nineteenth century through the 1960s, Alex Dika Seggerman reveals how the visual arts were part of a multifaceted transnational modernism. While the work of diverse, major Egyptian artists during this era may have appeared to be secular, she argues, it reflected the subtle but essential inflection of Islam, as a faith, history, and lived experience, in the overarching development of Middle Eastern modernity. Ch
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- Author
- Alex Dika,[VNV Seggerman
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781469653044
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Islam, Art
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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