East-West Divan - In Memory of Werner Mark Linz

East-West Divan - In Memory of Werner Mark Linz

Aran Byrne, El Hassan Bin T El Hassan Bin T
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Author:  Aran Byrne, El Hassan Bin T El Hassan Bin T
Condition:  New
Format:  Hardback
Pages:  160
Publisher:  Gingko Library
Year:  2014
ISBN:  9781909942028

This collection of scholarly essays on Egyptian culture, history, society, archeology, literature, art, and conservation is published in memory of Werner Mark Linz, who spent much of the latter part of his professional life as the Director of the American University in Cairo Press. East-West Divan is the first volume of the Gingko Library, a publishing project that embraces scholarship from both East and West, conceived by Werner Mark Linz to foster greater cross-cultural understanding. Among the contributors to this collection are the Egyptian novelist Alaa Al Aswany, author of The Yacoubian Building; Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass; the renowned Swiss theologian, Hans Kung; the author of the acclaimed A Fort of Nine Towers, Qais Akbar Omar; and Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan.

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