How to Live in Cairo in the Year 1000 and Why You Should Try
Talk by Marina Rustow
Released by Princeton University on February 26, 2021
Abstract: Marina Rustow, Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Near East, leads us on a journey through a day in the life of someone living in Cario in the year 1000. From baking bread in the courtyard to carving rock crystal to watching a shadow play, Professor Rustow enlightens us with a social history from medieval Egypt.
How to Live in Cairo in the Year 1000 and Why You Should Try
Talk by Marina Rustow
Released by Princeton University on February 26, 2021
Abstract: Marina Rustow, Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Near East, leads us on a journey through a day in the life of someone living in Cario in the year 1000. From baking bread in the courtyard to carving rock crystal to watching a shadow play, Professor Rustow enlightens us with a social history from medieval Egypt.
Marina Rustow is the Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Near East and Professor of Near Eastern Studies and History. She is the author of The Lost Archive: Traces of a Caliphate in a Cairo Synagogue. You can learn more about Marina on her university webpage or follow her on X/Twitter.
Top Image: Map of Cairo, published in Civitate Orbis Tarrarum by Braun et Hogenberg, 1572. Wikimedia Commons
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