In this video, Professor Rachel Mairs discusses three different business cards on display in “Egypt in Reading“. These cards belonged to dragomans working in Egypt in the late 19th and…Read More >
Elias Talhamy
EGYPT IN READING: Britain in Egypt
In the summer of 1882, reports began to circulate in British newspapers of “The Egyptian Crisis”. A nationalist movement led by Colonel Ahmed ‘Urabi was fighting increasing European financial and…Read More >