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Title: In the House of Muhammad Ali: A Family Album, 1805-1952 by Hassan Hassan, Elizabeth, Robert Fernea ISBN: 9-7742455-4-7 Publisher: Amer Univ in Cairo Pr Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $27.50

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Summary: New Perspective
Comment: Published soon after Prince Hassan's death, this entertaining collection of personal memories and family reminisces gives shape to an often misunderstood and much maligned period of Egyptian history and its ruling family.

Told in a chatty, familiar - almost gossipy - style with plenty of black and white photographs, this work provides insight into a past of privilege that survives today in the memory of a select few. Suprisingly, little information is available about a royal familty that was once counted among the wealthiest in the world.

It is the trend in current Egyptian literature to shun recording anything remotely positive about the Muhammed Ali family. However, their accomplishments and failures did help to shape this ancient country that still struggles for its own identity today. It is an important - informal - look at a period in history through a different perspective.

A note to potential travelers to Egypt. With patience, one can still visit some of the royal palaces Prince Hassan mentions, although in a neglected state or converted into modern hotels.