Mummies Made in Egypt


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Describes the techniques and the reasons for the use of mummification in ancient Egypt.




Egyptian Things to Make and Do


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Provides things to make that include a pharaoh's headdress, an Egyptian god puppet with moveable arms and a mummy in a sarcophagus. This title contains information boxes on each page with facts about the Egyptians.




Egyptian Made


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An incisive exploration of women and work, showing how globalization’s promise of liberation instead set the stage for repression—from the acclaimed author of Factory Girls “Exhaustively reported and researched, Egyptian Made takes us halfway across the world and inside the intimate lives of women caught between tradition and independence.”—Monica Potts, New York Times bestselling author of The Forgotten Girls What happens to the women who choose to work in a country struggling to reconcile a traditional culture with the demands of globalization? In this sharply drawn portrait of Egyptian society—deepened by two years of immersive reporting—Leslie T. Chang follows three women as they persevere in a country that throws up obstacles to their progress at every step, from dramatic swings in economic policy to conservative marriage expectations and a failing education system. Working in Egypt’s centuries-old textile industry, Riham is a shrewd businesswoman who nevertheless struggles to attract workers to her garment factory and to compete in the global marketplace. Rania, who works on a factory assembly line, attempts to climb to a management rank but is held back by conflicts with co-workers and the humiliation of an unhappy marriage. Her colleague Doaa, meanwhile, pursues an education and independence but sacrifices access to her own children in order to get a divorce. Alongside these stories, Chang shares her own experiences living and working in Egypt for five years, seeing through her own eyes the risks and prejudices that working women continue to face. She also weaves in the history of Egypt’s vaunted textile industry, its colonization and independence, a century of political upheaval, and the history of Islam in Egypt, all of which shaped the country as it is today and the choices available to Riham, Rania, and Doaa. Following each woman’s story from home and work, Chang powerfully observes the near-impossible balancing act that Egyptian women strike every day.




Dawn of Egyptian Art


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"This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'The Dawn of Egyptian Art' on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from April 10 to August 5, 2012"--T.p. verso.




The Egypt Game


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The first time Melanie Ross meets April Hall, she’s not sure they have anything in common. But she soon discovers that they both love anything to do with ancient Egypt. When they stumble upon a deserted storage yard, Melanie and April decide it’s the perfect spot for the Egypt Game. Before long there are six Egyptians, and they all meet to wear costumes, hold ceremonies, and work on their secret code. Everyone thinks it’s just a game until strange things start happening. Has the Egypt Game gone too far?




Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology


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The book describes current research into all aspects of craftwork in ancient Egypt.




Egyptian Food Made Easy


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I'm Egyptian and I love to cook. To be honest, I find cooking and baking are excellent getaways to relieve my anxiety. I believe that any homemade or handmade makings are natural relievers for human anxiety and a simple getaway from do nothingness.So, I do encourage you not just to read this cookbook, but also to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty doing something challenging.Egyptian foods, in general, are time-consuming and there is a tremendous variety of recipes. In this book, I focused on the most popular and most important ones.I have tried my best job to work out the kinks and cross the bridges to make it easy for those of you who are interested in the Egyptian foods, but find it hard to make. I strongly believe in cultural exchange and with the help of my professional photographer brother- Ahmed Helmy Omran, I listed all the difficult recipes and I included how to make them from scratch. The book included recipes for Main dishes like Koshari, Mahshi, Fetta, Roqaq, Pasta with Bechamel, Dolma, Baladi bread, Hawawshi, Mombar, Hamam. Also, Desserts like Baklava and rice budding, Basbosa, Kataifi, Konafa, Kahk. There are aslo interesting recipes for dibbing like Baba Ghanouj, side items like Samosa, Fetir pies and more. I made sure to mention all kinds of spices I personally use, so you won't be missing out on anything.If you are into Middle Eastern foods especially Egyptian food, you get to check this book out. This book has easy and detailed recipes to make it easy for international cooking pros to conquer a new territory of Egyptian culture and even amateurs to explore Egyptian cultural foods.I believe this book will usher you how to make delicious dishes as yummy as Falafel and Dolma and traditional treats like Katyef and Konafa from scratch. Also, it included Byriani, Egyptian Famous Molokheyya, and popular lentil soup.I wasn't fully accurate about measurements as packs vary and there is a plethora of resources and brands. I would say stick with the given amounts and test them and I assure you that you will eventually figure it out on your own. Since you are reading this book and made it that far, you probably are adventurous and professional enough to comprehend how to make it successfully with the hidden tips I already provided in this book. Believe me, I have been cooking for years, and no complaints- all praise to God, so I guarantee you, those recipes are safe and correct and will lead you into a new era. Have fun cooking!




For Better, For Worse


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For many Egyptians in the early twentieth century, the biggest national problem was not British domination or the Great Depression but a "marriage crisis" heralded in the press as a devastating rise in the number of middle-class men refraining from marriage. Voicing anxieties over a presumed increase in bachelorhood, Egyptians also used the failings of Egyptian marriage to criticize British rule, unemployment, the disintegration of female seclusion, the influx of women into schools, middle-class materialism, and Islamic laws they deemed incompatible with modernity. For Better, For Worse explores how marriage became the lens through which Egyptians critiqued larger socioeconomic and political concerns. Delving into the vastly different portrayals and practices of marriage in both the press and the Islamic court records, this innovative look at how Egyptians understood marital and civil rights and duties during the early twentieth century offers fresh insights into ongoing debates about nationalism, colonialism, gender, and the family.




Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy


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"The aim of this book is twofold: first, to provide beginning students with step-by-step guidance in drawing hieroglyphs; and secondly, to supplement the observations of Gardiner in the Sign List at the back of his Egyptian Grammar. The examples include all 24 of the common forms of "alphabetic" (monoconsonantal) signs, and a selection of other signs that are either difficult to draw or that call for additional comment - a total of about 200 in all. Comparative material, emphasizing Old Kingdom models, is presented in 175 line drawings. By familiarizing themselves with this material, along with the points made in the Introduction, students will, at the same time, learn a good deal about hieroglyphic palaeography"--Publisher's description.




Egyptian Drawings


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This book reveals the significant and varied contributions that drawing made to the world of Egyptian art. In the first section of the book, william Peck describes the historical development of Egyptian drawing and the tools, theories, and techniques used by the artists themselves. The second section consists of a superb collection of illustrations, many in color, arranged according to the varied subject matter found in Egyptian drawing: man, woman, the Royal Image, God and sky, music and dance, fable and humor, hunting and combat, animal life, architecture.