02910nam 2200649Ia 450 991077744620332120230120030557.01-61797-052-21-936190-13-31-4175-2326-3(CKB)1000000000446915(EBL)1649050(SSID)ssj0000270842(PQKBManifestationID)11206370(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000270842(PQKBWorkID)10262699(PQKB)11213132(Au-PeEL)EBL3114741(CaPaEBR)ebr10409552(OCoLC)948377887(Au-PeEL)EBL1649050(OCoLC)873142268(MiAaPQ)EBC3114741(MiAaPQ)EBC1649050(MiAaPQ)EBC6242677(MiAaPQ)EBC728671(PPN)195384881(EXLCZ)99100000000044691520010801d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhatever happened to the Egyptians?[electronic resource] changes in Egyptian society from 1950 to the present /Galal Amin ; illustrations by Golo1st ed.Cairo American University in Cairo Pressc20001 online resource (184 p.)Description based upon print version of record.977-424-559-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-177).Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1- Social Mobility; 2- Religious Fanaticism; 3- Westernization; 4- Masters and Servants; 5- Public and Private Sectors; 6- The Position of Women; 7- The Arabic Language; 8- Migration; 9- Private Cars; 10- Weddings; 11- Summer Vacations; 12- The Cinema; 13- Egyptian Economists; 14- Egypt and the Market Culture; NotesBased on both academic research and the author's own personal experiences and impressions, this delightful and informative book examines the underlying causes of some of the more disturbing social, political, economic, and cultural phenomena that characterize Egyptian society in the 1990s.Egypt's crisis of culture and other woes are often attributed to the 'open door policy' (Infitah) initiated under President Sadat in the mid-1970s, and to the large-scale migration of Egyptian workers to the oil-rich states of the Gulf that began around the same time. Galal Amin contends, however, that theseEgyptiansEgyptEconomic conditionsEgyptSocial conditionsEgyptSocial life and customsEgyptians.306/.0962Amin Galal A.1935-2018.1207557MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777446203321Whatever happened to the Egyptians3759069UNINA