What happened to the Egyptians?

Egyptian society over the past half-century has undergone profound changes, turning many things upside down, and it can perhaps be considered— in terms of its strength and scope— unprecedented in modern Egyptian history at least. During this period, Egypt also experienced an unprecedented rate in its modern history of social mobility; that is, the change in the social structure of society, with the rise of social classes that were at the bottom of the social ladder and the decline of those at the top. This book aims to clarify two things: the first: describing these violent changes that affected many aspects of social life in Egypt: from the change in the status of women, to language, music, singing, and cinema, to religious fanaticism and Westernization, to the Egyptian way of celebrating marriage or summer vacation, to the Egyptian attitude towards migration, government jobs, and private cars, to the development of economic thought in Egypt, to Egypt's increasing subjugation to the demands of market civilization... etc. The second: linking many of these changes to the phenomenon of rapid social mobility, where the author suggests that this phenomenon may explain— more than anything else— these most important changes that occurred in Egyptian society. The author does this in a smooth and focused style, blending in his description what he has gained from his academic study of economics and society with his personal experience and the development of his personal and family life, in a way that qualifies this book to occupy a distinguished place among books dealing with Egyptian social history. Author: Jalal Amin Pages: 184 Dar Al-Shorouk for Publishing and Distribution