{"product_id":"midnight-in-cairo-raphael-cormack-9781324021933","title":"Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt's Roaring '20s","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the world's 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 industry--as stars of the stage and screen but also as impresarias, entrepreneurs, owners, and promoters of a new and strikingly modern entertainment industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaphael Cormack unveils the rich histories of independent, enterprising women like vaudeville star Rose al-Youssef (who launched one of Cairo's 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raphael Cormack\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324021934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324021933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.54w x 0.96d","brand":"Raphael Cormack","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981692633343,"sku":"9781324021933","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e961680e-eedc-4346-8c17-dd8cc2dd4620.jpg?v=1683257008","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/midnight-in-cairo-raphael-cormack-9781324021933","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}