The authors of
Narrating The Nile seek to encourage the study of Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia not only as autonomous entities, but also as part of the Nile region, a shared theater of experiences, national identities, and collective memories. Combining in-depth historical studies and broad interdisciplinary discussions, they provide fresh perspectives on the region's politics and cultures—and on the role the river has played in shaping them from early modern history to contemporary times.
The book is published in honor of Professor Haggai Erlich on the occasion of his retirement from Tel Aviv University.
Israel Gershoni is professor of Middle Eastern history at Tel Aviv University. His publications include Egypt, Islam and the Arabs: The Search for Egyptian Nationhood, 1900-1930 and Redefining the Egyptian Nation, 1930-1945 (both coauthored with James Jankowski) and Pyramid for the Nation: Commemoration, Memory and Nationalism in Twentieth-Century Egypt. Meir Hatina is lecturer in the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is author of Islam and Salvation in Palestine: The Islamic Jihad Movement and Identity Politics in the Middle East: Liberal Discourse and Islamic Challenge in Egypt.
"Attractive and stimulating.... A unique and diverse array of useful insights and original perspectives."—Jay Spaulding, African Studies Review
"This superb collection of essays contains important new findings on the history of the Nile Valley."—Robert L. Tignor
