Langbeschreibung
In this volume, international scholars examine the Ottoman background of this community, the political status, participation of the Jews in Egyptian society, their role in economic life, their contributions to Egyptian-Arabic culture, and the images of the community in their own eyes, as well as in the eyes of Egyptians and Palestinian Jews.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
PART 1 THE OTTOMAN BACKGROUND PART 2 POLITICAL COMMUNITY, PART 3 ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES PART 4 CULTURAL PARTICIPATION PART 5 INTERNAL DIVERSITY PART 6 IMAGES OF EGYPTIAN JEWRY