Views on the Nile: from Cairo to the second cataract

The chapter begins by discussing lens anatomy and embryology, before covering the key areas of clinical knowledge, namely acquired cataract, clinical evaluation of acquired catarac...

This chapter focuses on cataract, which is the pathological opacification of the crystalline lens. Cataract is an important cause of visual impairment and blindness worldwide, in b...

This chapter examines the dynamics of race and race relations in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida in the context of nationalism in nineteenth-century Egypt. The world premiere of Aida took pl...

turn-of-the-century Cairo, practices of living at a distance from the city center and physical exercise were also praised as fostering rationality and producing positive emotions. ...

British Consul with a long-standing interest in archaeology Thomas Sandwith’s account of his two months travelling in Egypt provides a valuable new primary source on a dynamic peri...

West Nile virus (WNV) is a single-stranded RNA virus of the Flavivirus family that is transmitted via a mosquito vector, typically causing fever and capable of causing meningoencep...

The introduction shows that the historical parallels between cities in Europe and the Middle East during the nineteenth century are an underresearched topic in history, demonstrati...