Seif El Rashidi is an art historian who graduated from the American University in Cairo’s Islamic art program. He specializes in the management of heritage projects involving community engagement, and has worked for ten years in cultural preservation in Cairo’s al-Darb al-Ahmar, the tentmakers’ neighborhood. Sam Bowker is a lecturer in art history and visual culture at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, Australia. He has published on aspects of khayamiya since 2012, and curated Khayamiya: Khedival to Contemporary for the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia in 2015–16.

• IntroductionSection I: A History of Egyptian Tent Making1. From the Fatimids to the Mamluks2. The Ottomans and Their Tents: Reading between the lLnes3. Tents of the Khedival Period4. Touristic Khayamiya: The Tents and Tentmakers of Modern EgyptSection II: A World of Art and Craft6. From Apprentice to Master: Design and Technique7. A Calligraphic Tradition8. Khayamiya in Art9. Khayamiya as Art10. Tentmakers’ voicesIndex

"This book is an homage to this craft and details all its aspects. . . .The authors have done a great service by telling this story which is an intricate part of the history of Cairo. They tell it well and tell it in detail."—Bob Brier, Ancient Egypt Magazine"Written in an easy, colloquial, entertaining and discursive style which, while providing a wide range of information, should appeal not only to academic readers, but to the lively interest in the craft that has recently been fostered in the West."—Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society"An expansive and captivating history of an often overlooked traditional art"—Egyptian Streets"[A] model of how to make the fruit of specialized academic research interesting to a wider public. . . . a fascinating read."—Aramco World

Seif El Rashidi is an art historian who graduated from the American University in Cairo’s Islamic art program. He specializes in the management of heritage projects involving community engagement, and has worked for ten years in cultural preservation in Cairo’s al-Darb al-Ahmar, the tentmakers’ neighborhood. Sam Bowker is a lecturer in art history and visual culture at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, Australia. He has published on aspects of khayamiya since 2012, and curated Khayamiya: Khedival to Contemporary for the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia in 2015–16.

• IntroductionSection I: A History of Egyptian Tent Making1. From the Fatimids to the Mamluks2. The Ottomans and Their Tents: Reading between the lLnes3. Tents of the Khedival Period4. Touristic Khayamiya: The Tents and Tentmakers of Modern EgyptSection II: A World of Art and Craft6. From Apprentice to Master: Design and Technique7. A Calligraphic Tradition8. Khayamiya in Art9. Khayamiya as Art10. Tentmakers’ voicesIndex

"This book is an homage to this craft and details all its aspects. . . .The authors have done a great service by telling this story which is an intricate part of the history of Cairo. They tell it well and tell it in detail."—Bob Brier, Ancient Egypt Magazine"Written in an easy, colloquial, entertaining and discursive style which, while providing a wide range of information, should appeal not only to academic readers, but to the lively interest in the craft that has recently been fostered in the West."—Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society"An expansive and captivating history of an often overlooked traditional art"—Egyptian Streets"[A] model of how to make the fruit of specialized academic research interesting to a wider public. . . . a fascinating read."—Aramco World

Seif El Rashidi is an art historian who graduated from the American University in Cairo’s Islamic art program. He specializes in the management of heritage projects involving community engagement, and has worked for ten years in cultural preservation in Cairo’s al-Darb al-Ahmar, the tentmakers’ neighborhood. Sam Bowker is a lecturer in art history and visual culture at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, Australia. He has published on aspects of khayamiya since 2012, and curated Khayamiya: Khedival to Contemporary for the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia in 2015–16.

• IntroductionSection I: A History of Egyptian Tent Making1. From the Fatimids to the Mamluks2. The Ottomans and Their Tents: Reading between the lLnes3. Tents of the Khedival Period4. Touristic Khayamiya: The Tents and Tentmakers of Modern EgyptSection II: A World of Art and Craft6. From Apprentice to Master: Design and Technique7. A Calligraphic Tradition8. Khayamiya in Art9. Khayamiya as Art10. Tentmakers’ voicesIndex

"This book is an homage to this craft and details all its aspects. . . .The authors have done a great service by telling this story which is an intricate part of the history of Cairo. They tell it well and tell it in detail."—Bob Brier, Ancient Egypt Magazine"Written in an easy, colloquial, entertaining and discursive style which, while providing a wide range of information, should appeal not only to academic readers, but to the lively interest in the craft that has recently been fostered in the West."—Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society"An expansive and captivating history of an often overlooked traditional art"—Egyptian Streets"[A] model of how to make the fruit of specialized academic research interesting to a wider public. . . . a fascinating read."—Aramco World