Tamáss 2 is published in three editions: English, Spanish (Witte de With and Fundació Antoni Tàpies), and Arabic (Sharqiyat Publishing House, Cairo).
TAMÁSS Contemporary Arab Representations Cairo 2
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Author: Gema Martín Munoz e.a. Year: 2004 Publisher: Witte de With, Rotterdam ISBN: 90-73362-57-1 1500 copies Arabic / 1500 copies English / 700 copies Spanish Design: Nieves Berenguer Ros Size: 235 x 170 mm; paperback; 162 pages
Following Tamáss 1, which focused on Beirut and Lebanon, Tamáss 2focuses on the contemporary cultural situation in Cairo and Egypt. It includes essays, a wide variety of visual contributions and a special section highlighting the Egyptian cultural review Amkenah.
Contents:
Editorial by Catherine David;
Randa Shaath, photograps;
Golo, drawings;
Gema Martín Muñoz, “The Middle East or the Imposition of Barbarism;”
Asef Bayat, “The Quiet Encroachment of the Ordinary;”
Golo,” The Pedestrian of Cairo,” cartoon;
Hassan Khan, “100 Portraits,” video still;
Mona Zakaria, ” The Old Cairo Development Project: For the People with the People”, documentation;
Mohamed Abla, print;
Anna Boghiguian, “A Trip into Egypt,” drawings;
Mustafa Dhikri, “The Asphalt Kings,” film script;
Special report on literary and cultural review Amkenah, based in Alexandria, with contributions by:
Ala’ Khaled, “Alexandria: The End of an Era (Personal Reminiscences);”
Hala Nammar, “Little Water…Little Sustenance;”
Kawla el-Hadid, “Subtly Like Ashes My Father Died,” and
Abdul Aziz el-Sebaay, “Loitering upon a Very Slow Sky;”
Sherif el-Azma, “Interview with a Housewife,” video still;
Safaa Fathy, “To See a World in a Room: Egyptian Poetry under the Gaze of the Old and the New”;
Hani Rashed,
Biographies.;
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