Primary Sources: Egypt
Primary sources--such as original documents, letters, diaries, interviews, and oral histories, can often be found collected in print volumes. Tisch Library has a wide array of print primary sources in its collection. Below is a sample of some of the resources that you can find but remember, this is only a sample, so use JumboSearch to find more or Ask a Librarian for help!
Cutting the Lion's Tail: Suez through Egyptian Eyes
Call Number: Book Stacks DT107.83 .H3665 1986A long-time friend and confidant to former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nassar discusses Egypt's decision to nationalize the Suez Canal and the international conflicts that decision provoked.Descent to Suez: Diaries, 1951-56
Call Number: Book Stacks DA566.9.E28 S58 1986bPresents the diaries kept by Anthony Eden's private secretary during Eden's tenure as head of Middle Eastern Affairs at the British Foreign Office.
Memoirs from the Women's PrisonCall Number: Book Stacks PJ7862.A3 Z47313 1994Nawal El Saadawi is one of the world's leading feminist authors. Director of Health and Education in Cairo, she was summarily dismissed from her post in 1972 for her political writing and activities. In 1981 she was imprisoned by Anwar Sadat for alleged "crimes against the State" and was not released until after his assassination.
The October War: Memoirs of Field Marshal El-Gamasy of EgyptCall Number: Ginn Library Stacks DS128.19.E3 E4313 1993Offers a frank and vivid account of Egypt's military successes and failures from 1967 to the 1973 October War. A dedicated soldier and imaginative strategist, El-Gamasy enjoyed a long career that took him to the highest levels of Egyptian military planning and combat,
Tweets from Tahrir: Egypt's revolution as it unfolded, in the words of the people who made itCall Number: Book Stacks JC491 .T844 2011January 25, 2011 marks a turning point in Egypt's history which saw an uprising topple the 30 year incumbent regime in just 18 days. Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians took to the streets. The Twitter posts of the activists who brought about the revolution paint an exhilarating picture of an uprising in real-time.
Voices of the Arab Spring: Personal Stories from the Arab RevolutionsCall Number: Book Stacks DS63.12 .A57 2015Narrated by dozens of activists and everyday individuals, this book documents the unprecedented events that led to the collapse of dictatorial regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen. Also available as an EBook
Primary Sources: General Middle East
British Documents on Foreign Affairs
Call Number: Oversize JZ632 .B762 1997Reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print. Part III, From 1940 through 1945. Series B, Near and Middle East- Call Number: Oversize JZ632 .B77962 2005Reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print. Part V, From 1951 through 1956. Series B, Near and Middle East
- Call Number: Oversize JZ632 .B777 1999Reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print. Part IV, From 1945 through 1950. Series G, Africa, 1946
The Contemporary Middle East: A Documentary HistoryCall Number: Reference DS42 .F44 2008Brings together more than 120 primary source documents that allow the region's modern history to be told by the people who made it from World War I to the present. Also available in Online Primary Sources.
Middle East politics and diplomacy, 1904-1950 the papers of Sir Ronald Storrs (1881-1956) from Pembroke College, Cambridge.Call Number: Reference DS62.4 .S75 1999 GuideAn important and controversial figure in the Middle East in the first half of the twentieth century, Storrs was a renowned expert on Arab and Zionist affairs. His archives include extensive diaries, weekly letters home and his correspondence with major figures. These sources describe the events, and the maneuverings behind the events, in Middle Eastern politics and diplomacy between 1904 and 1950.Terrorism, special studies
Call Number: Reference HV6431 .T495Reproduces research studies on domestic and international terrorism conducted by government agencies and private organizations under contract with the federal government. 32+ microfilm reels Tisch Microforms MFR283
Primary Sources: More Specialized Middle East Resources & Documents
The Kuwait Crisis: Basic Documents
Call Number: Ginn Library Reference DS79.72 .K88 1991This volume of documents relates to the legal aspects of the international crisis arising out of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1996.The Kuwait Crisis: Sanctions and their Economic Consequences
Call Number: Ginn Library Reference DS79.72 .K89 1991This volume presents, in documentary form, the collective endeavour of the international community to bring an end to the Kuwait Crisis by economic rather than forcible means.
Kuwaiti resistance as revealed by Iraqi documentsCall Number: Ginn Library Stacks DS79.72 K88 1994Compilation of files and documentation recording Kuwaiti resistance to Iraqi occupation forces.