Cairo in the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 3 people and 7 moments here, from 1921 to 1938. The most recorded lives are Naguib Mahfouz, Umm Kulthum and Winston Churchill.

Notable people

1. Naguib Mahfouz

   from 1924 to 1938

   4 moments here

   Egyptian novelist, screenwriter, and playwright whose fiction made Cairo a central setting of modern Arabic literature.…

2. Umm Kulthum

   from 1923 to 1929

   2 moments here

   Egyptian singer and actress, born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi. Raised in rural Dakahlia, she moved permanently to Cairo in 1923 and became…

3. Winston Churchill

   in 1921

   1 moment here

   Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…

Moments

1. 1921 Convenes Middle East conference in Cairo Winston Churchill
2. 1923 Permanent move to Cairo Umm Kulthum
3. 1924 Family move to Abbaseya Naguib Mahfouz
4. 1929 Music-hall meeting with intellectuals Umm Kulthum
5. 1930 Begins philosophy studies Naguib Mahfouz
6. 1934 Graduation and university civil-service post Naguib Mahfouz
7. 1938 Ministry of Islamic Endowments service Naguib Mahfouz

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