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First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Egypt's belle epoque was a period of incredible extravagance during which the Khedive Ismail's Cairo became the mirror image, both architecturally and socially, of decadent Paris. The glamour and hedonism of the era reached its peak during the magnificent celebrations for the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. Kings and emperors, artists, writers and Europe's most sophisticated flocked to the dazzling new Cairo of sumptuous palaces and Parisian gardens, where Verdi's Aida premiered at the new opera house and glittering parties were held on the banks of the Nile. But the...

Trevor Mostyn addresses the contentious and turbulent issue of freedom of speech in Islamic societies. He argues that Islam is by its nature more tolerant than Judaism or Christianity. He notes that fundamentalist Islam has rejected this tolerance.

First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.