Filming Modernity and Islam in Colonial Egypt (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781399520768)

This book studies the rise of cinema in colonial Egypt as a supplemental secular public sphere that is not anti-religion. To this end, it investigates the reception of film by three centres of power: the colonial authorities, the Muslim clergy, and the Cairene bourgeoisie. It inquires about the representations of modernity in films produced during the time and the place filmmakers assigned to Islam in these representations. The result is a story of survival and coexistence told through the lens of cinema as modern art and popular culture negotiating its overt and covert censorship in the public sphere, despite colonization and war.

Author: Heba Arafa Abdelfattah
ISBN-10: 1399520768
ISBN-13: 9781399520768
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/31/2025
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.97d