Janet L. Abu-Lughod
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Emerita Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Professor of Sociology, New School for Social Research, New York City. Author of Cairo: 1001 Years of the City Victorious and others.
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Cairo, city, capital of Egypt, and one of the largest cities in Africa. Cairo has stood for more than 1,000 years on the same site on the banks of the Nile, primarily on the eastern shore, some 500 miles (800 km) downstream from the Aswan High Dam. Located in the northeast of the country, Cairo is…
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