Samir Simaika, Nevine Henein

Marcus Simaika (eBook, ePUB)

Father of Coptic Archaeology

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Produktbeschreibung

Marcus Pasha Simaika (1864-1944) was born to a prominent Coptic family on the eve of the inauguration of the Suez Canal and the British occupation of Egypt. From a young age, he developed a passion for Coptic heritage and devoted his life to shedding light on centuries of Christian Egyptian history that had been neglected by ignorance or otherwise belittled and despised. He was not a professional archaeologist, an excavator, or a specialist scholar of Coptic language and literature. Rather, his achievement lies in his role as a visionary administrator who used his status to pursue relentlessly his dream of founding a Coptic Museum and preserving endangered monuments. During his lengthy career, first as a civil servant, then as a legislator and member of the Coptic community council, he maneuvered endlessly between the patriarch and the church hierarchy, the Coptic community council, the British authorities, and the government to bring them together in his fight to save Coptic heritage.This fascinating biography draws upon Simaika's unpublished memoirs as well as on other documents and photographs from the Simaika family archive to deepen our understanding of several important themes of modern Egyptian history: the development of Coptic archaeology and heritage studies, Egyptian-British interactions during the colonial and semi-colonial eras, shifting balances in the interaction of clergymen and the lay Coptic community, and the ever-sensitive evolution of relations between Copts and their Muslim countrymen.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781617978012
• Artikelnr.: 56798425

Autorenporträt

Samir Simaika, fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, is the grandson of Marcus Pasha Simaika. Since his retirement he has devoted himself to researching and documenting his family history. He lives in Cairo with his wife Yolande. Nevine Henein is a freelance copyeditor and writer with a passion for history and heritage. She obtained her BSc in mechanical engineering from the American University in Cairo in 1994 and worked in development for ten years before switching careers. She lives in Cairo with her husband and two sons.

Inhaltsangabe

The Simaika Family Tree
Chronology
Acknowledgments
Preface by Samir Simaika
List of Illustrations
Introduction by Donald M. Reid
Part 1. The Early Years
1. Cairo
2. A Love of Learning
3. A Prominent Family
Part 2. Service to Government and Nation
4. The State Railways
5. Education and Legislation
The Superior Council of Education
The Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly
6. Simaika and the British Administrators
Lord Cromer (1883-1907)
Sir Eldon Gorst (1907-11)
Field Marshal Lord Kitchener (1911-14)
Sir Henry McMahon (1914-17)
Sir Reginald Wingate (1917-19)
Lord Allenby (1919-25)
Lord Lloyd (1925-29)
Part 3. Service to the Coptic Church and Community
7. An Ancient Church
Monks and Missionaries
The Copts after the Arab Conquests
The Rise of Coptic Notables
8. The Patriarchs
Cyril IV (1854-61)
Cyril V (1874-1927)
Yohannes XIX (1928-42)
9. The Awakening of the Coptic Church
10. Majlis al-Milli
11. The Coptic and Ethiopian Dispute over Deir al-Sultan in Jerusalem
12. Travels in Sudan
Part 4: The Coptic Museum and Heritage Preservation
13. A Crumbling Heritage
14. The Committee for the Preservation of Arab Art
15. A New Museum
The Mu'allaqa Church
The Coptic Museum
16. A State Institution
17. Searching for Antiquities, Saving Libraries
18. Recognition
Appendix: Some Coptic Social Customs
Selected Bibliography
Notes