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Author:   Fikry Andrawes ,  Alison Orr-Andrawes
Publisher:   The American University in Cairo Press
Imprint:   The American University in Cairo Press
ISBN:  

9789774168703

ISBN 10:   9774168704
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   20 December 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Figures Notes on Translation Acknowledgment Dedication Introduction 1 Early Christianity in Egypt Early Christianity in Egypt The Catechetical School of Alexandria Monastic Egypt Diocletian and the Persecution of Christians Athanasius and the Separation of the Coptic Church 2 The Coming of Islam Egypt Before the Arab Invasion The Arabs Arrive in Egypt Was Egypt Acquired by a Treaty or by Force? How the Arabs Saw Egypt for the First Time The Library of Alexandria Conditions Imposed on Non-Muslims Early Administration Under Amr Ibn al-As 3 Early Arab Dynasties: The Umayyads and the Abbasids The Umayyad Dynasty (661-750 A.D.) The Abbasid Dynasty (750-1517 A.D.) 4 Era of Independent Muslim Dynasties The Tulunid Dynasty (884-896 A.D.) The Ikhshidi Dynasty (935-969 A.D.) The Fatimid Dynasty (909- 1171 A.D.) The Ayyubid Dynasty (1171-1250 A.D.) Mohamed Tal'at Harb (1867-194 A.D.) Rosa al-Yusuf (1888-1958 A.D.) 5 The Mamluk Era (1250-1517 A.D.) 6 The Islamization of Egypt Threats to Islam from Mongols and Europeans Changing Demography in the South of Egypt Rich Coptic Administrators and Tax Collectors Marriage and Conversion The Shift from Coptic to Arabic Language 7 Egypt Under the Ottomans (1517-1798) Turkish Rule Coptic-Muslim Relations The Decline of the Ottoman Dynasty 8 The French Adventure in Egypt (1798-1801 A.D.) Under Napoleonic Rule Mu'allim Ya'qub: Hero or Traitor? The End of the French Adventure in Egypt and Its Effects 9 Mohamed Ali Dynasty (1805-1952) The Founder of Modern Egypt The Dynasty After the Death of Mohamed Ali The Coptic Church and Colonialism 10 The Urabi Revolt (1879- 1882 A.D.) The British, the Muslims, and the Copts 11 Egypt Under the British (1881-1954 A.D.) 12 From Revolt to Revolution (1919-1952 A.D.) The Wafd Party (1923-1952) Political Islam The Copts and Political Islam Copt-Muslim Relations Among Intellectuals The Problem of Building Churches in Twentieth Century Egypt 13 The 1952 Revolt and the Nasser Era (1954-1970) The Coptic Church in Transition 14 The Sadat Era (1970-1981) Financing and Political Islam The Rise of Political Islam Under Sadat [a-head]Sadat's Difficult Years 15 The Mubarak Era (1981-2011 A.D.) The Return of Pope Shenouda A Changing Political, Social, and Economic Climate 16 The January 25 (2011) Revolution and its Aftermath Epilogue Appendix 1 Taha Hussein (1889-1973 A.D.) Salama Musa (1887-1958 A.D.) Makram Ebeid (1889-1961 A.D.) Jurji Zaidan (1861-1914 A.D.) Appendix 2 Notes Bibliography Index

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A clear and very readable account, it includes translations of several Coptic and Arabic sources, otherwise not easily available. --AramcoWorld

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Fikry F. Andrawes, PhD, was born in Egypt and lives in the United States. He worked as an analytical chemist at NASA and in the chemical industry. In addition to many scientific papers published in English, he has written a number of books and articles in Arabic, dealing with a variety of topics related to Egypt. Alison Orr-Andrawes, M.D., is a retired psychiatrist with a background in Religious Studies at Brandeis and Rice Universities. She has traveled extensively in Egypt over the past four decades.

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