Review of ‘Midnight in Cairo: the Female Stars of Egypt’s Roaring ’20s”
Craig Brown
Vol 7, Issue 2 · pp. 132–137 · 2021 · DOI https://doi.org/10.63961/2025.161
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Review of Raphael Cormack's book: Midnight in Cairo: the Female Stars of Egypt’s Roaring ’20s'. Excerpt: Midnight in Cairo relates the history of Cairo’s nightlife during the 1920s, as well as the life stories of some of the women who played a prominent role in those years—lives that were rarely recorded by the women themselves. In terms of resistance studies, there are three main insights from the book.
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