The Age Of The Efendiyya: Passages To Modernity In National-colonial Egypt
by Lucie Ryzova /
2014 / English / PDF
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In colonial-era Egypt, a new social category of "modern men" emerged, the efendiyya, who represented the new middle class elite. This volume explores how they assumed a key political role in the anti-colonial movement and in the building of a modern state both before and after the revolution of 1952.
