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Book SynopsisThis richly textured social history recovers the voices and experiences of poor Egyptians--beggars, foundlings, the sick and maimed--giving them a history for the first time. As Mine Ener tells their fascinating stories alongside those of reformers, tourists, politicians, and philanthropists, she explores the economic, political, and colonial conte
Trade Review"This book, written by the late Mine Ener, is one of the first detailed social histories of charity and philanthropy in the Middle East... By drawing on British and Egyptian archival material, Ener documents the changes in poor relief, changing attitudes to the public poor, and the emergence of new state and private actors in the field of charity, the motivations behind the efforts and the poor use of the programs created to help them."--Rehan Jamil, Middle East Journal
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Preface: Finding Egypt's Poor ix Acknowledgments xxvii I Benevolence, Charity, and Philanthropy 1 II Discerning between the Deserving and the Undeserving Poor 26 III Among the Poor of Takiyyat Tulun 49 IV The Spectacle of the Poor 76 V The Future of the Nation 99 VI Conclusion: From "the Poor" to "Poverty" 134 Notes 145 Bibliography 175 Index 191
