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Writing Egypt: Al-Maqrizi and His Historical Project

Nasser Rabbat

Culture, humanities & social science

Writing Egypt: Al-Maqrizi and His Historical Project

By Nasser Rabbat, professor of architecture

Edinburgh University Press · 2022

Although al-Maqrizi is recognized as the most influential historian of premodern Egypt, he has never received the probing historical treatment warranted by his standing and scholarly output. This book fills that gap. Arranged in three sections, it tells al-Maqrizi's life story; weaves it with historiographical, textual, and methodological analysis of his oeuvre; and reconstructs the afterlife of the author and his work down to the present.

From Summer 2023 recommended reading from MIT (MIT News). Cover image via Google Books.