LEADER 02910nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910777446203321 005 20230120030557.0 010 $a1-61797-052-2 010 $a1-936190-13-3 010 $a1-4175-2326-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000446915 035 $a(EBL)1649050 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000270842 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11206370 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000270842 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10262699 035 $a(PQKB)11213132 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3114741 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10409552 035 $a(OCoLC)948377887 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1649050 035 $a(OCoLC)873142268 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3114741 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1649050 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6242677 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC728671 035 $a(PPN)195384881 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000446915 100 $a20010801d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWhatever happened to the Egyptians?$b[electronic resource] $echanges in Egyptian society from 1950 to the present /$fGalal Amin ; illustrations by Golo 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCairo $cAmerican University in Cairo Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (184 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a977-424-559-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 175-177). 327 $aCopyright 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; Notes 330 $aBased 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 these 606 $aEgyptians 607 $aEgypt$xEconomic conditions 607 $aEgypt$xSocial conditions 607 $aEgypt$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aEgyptians. 676 $a306/.0962 700 $aAmin$b Galal A.$f1935-2018.$01207557 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777446203321 996 $aWhatever happened to the Egyptians$93759069 997 $aUNINA