Review of ‘Midnight in Cairo: the Female Stars of Egypt’s Roaring ’20s”

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.