Ibn al-balad : : a concept of Egyptian identity / / Sawsan El-Messiri.

• Superior document: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia ; 24
• VerfasserIn: Messiri, Sawsan,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, [1978]; ©1978
• Year of Publication: 1978
• Language: English
• Series: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia ; 24.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (128 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgement
• Introduction
• I. Historical Development of the Concept Ibn al-balad
• 1. Awlād al-Balad: Whom to Exclude?
• 2. Awlād al-Balad: Whom to Include?
• 3. Who Were Awlād al-Balad at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century?
• II. How Others View Ibn al-Balad
• 1. Elements that Constitute the Image of Awlād al-Balad
• 2. The Typification of Awlād al-Balad
• III. The Community of Ibn al-Balad
• 1. Physical and Demographic Features
• 2. Culture of Awlād al-Balad as Awlād al-Ḥitta
• 3. Roles of Awlād and Banāt al-Balad
• IV. The Self Image of Ibn al-Balad
• 1. The Typification of Ibn al-Balad Among Dwellers of Medieval Cairene Quarters
• 2. Ibn al-Balad's Image of Self in Comparison to Other Strata
• 3. Bint al-Balad's Image of Self and her Comparison to Other Women
• Conclusion
• Note on Methodology
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index.