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Unveiling the Harem Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms Peter Gran, Series Editor other titles from middle east studies beyond domina nt pa r adigms Artisan Entrepreneurs in Cairo and Early Modern Capitalism (1600–1800) nelly h a nna Family and Court—Legal Culture and Modernity in Late Ottoman Palestine iris agmon Formation of the Modern State: The Ottoman Empire, Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries, 2nd ed. rifa‘at ‘ali abou-el-h aj Gender and Class in the Egyptian Women’s Movement, 1925–1939: Changing Perspectives cathly n m a riscot ti The Holy Land in Transit: Colonialism and the Quest for Canaan steven sal aita In Praise of Books: A Cultural History of Cairo’s Middle Class, Sixteenth through the Eighteenth Century nelly h a nna Islamic Roots of Capitalism: Egypt, 1760–1840 peter gr a n The Large Landowning Class and the Peasantry in Egypt, 1837–1952 r aouf abbas and assem el–dessouk y Making Big Money in 1600: The Life and Times of Isma’il Abu Taqiyya, Egyptian Merchant nelly h a nna Militant Women of a Fragile Nation m alek abisa ab The New Mamluks: Egyptian Society and Modern Feudalism a mir a el-a zh a ry sonbol [100.26.140.179] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 22:03 GMT) Unveiling the Harem Elite Women and the Paradox of Seclusion in Eighteenth-Century Cairo MARY ANN FAY syracuse university press Copyright © 2012 by Syracuse University Press Syracuse, New York 13244-5290 All Rights Reserved First Edition 2012 12 13 14 15 16 17 6 5 4 3 2 1 All photographs courtesy of Mark Pettigrew. ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. For a listing of books published and distributed by Syracuse University Press, visit our Web site at SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu. ISBN (cloth): 978-0-8156-3293-1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fay, Mary Ann. Unveiling the harem : elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo / Mary Ann Fay. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8156-3293-1 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Women—Egypt—Cairo— Social conditions—18th century. 2. Mamelukes—Social conditions—18th century. 3. Harems—Egypt—Cairo—History—18th century. 4. Households—Egypt— Cairo—History—18th century. 5. Cairo (Egypt)—Social life and customs— 18th century. I. Title. HQ1793.F39 2012 305.40962'16—dc23 2012018985 Manufactured in the United States of America [100.26.140.179] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 22:03 GMT) To John and Zack Mary Ann Fay received her PhD in the History of the Middle East from Georgetown University in 1993. She is an associate professor of history at Morgan State University (Baltimore, Maryland). Previously she was the founding director of the Arab Studies Program at American University (Washington, DC), and taught at the American University of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) and at the Virginia Military Institute (Lexington, Virginia). She teaches courses on Islamic Civilization, the modern Middle East, the social and cultural history of the region, and women’s history. Her research and writing are focused on women in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Egypt and, most recently, in the United Arab Emirates. Her articles have appeared in journals such as the International Journal of Middle East Studies and the Journal of Middle East History and in several collections including, in 2010, “Counting on Kin: Women and Property in EighteenthCentury Cairo,” in Across the Religious Divide: Women, Property, and the Law in the Wider Mediterranean (ca. 1300–1800); in 2008, “Feminism and the Women’s Movement in Egypt, 1904–1923: A Reappraisal of Categories and Legacies,” in Family in the Middle East: Ideational Change in Egypt, Iran and Tunisia; and in 2003, “From Warrior-Grandees to Domesticated Bourgeoisie: The Transformation of the Elite Egyptian Household into a Western-style Nuclear Family” in Family History in the Middle East: Household, Property, and Gender. She is the editor of Auto/Biography and the Construction of Identity and Community in the Middle East (2001). ...