Dr. Ziad Fahmy

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Biography

Ziad Fahmy is a Professor of Modern Middle East History at Cornell University, focusing on the history of the nineteenth and twentieth-century Middle East, particularly Egypt. He earned his Ph.D. in History from the University of Arizona in 2007, where he completed a dissertation titled "Popularizing Egyptian Nationalism," which won the Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Award from the Middle East Studies Association in 2008. His notable works include "Street Sounds: Listening to Everyday Life in Modern Egypt," published by Stanford University Press in 2020, which received the Urban History Association's 2021 award for the best book in non-North American urban history, and "Ordinary Egyptians: Creating a Modern Nation in Popular Culture," published in 2011. Professor Fahmy is currently working on a book tentatively titled "Broadcasting Identity: Radio and the Making of Modern Egypt, 1928-1952." His articles have appeared in numerous prestigious journals, and his research has been supported by the Fulbright-Hays Commission, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Research Center in Egypt.

Research Interests

Courses

Women in the Modern Middle East Theory and Method in Near Eastern Studies History of Modern Egypt Contesting Egyptian Identities Nationalism(s) & Nation-States in the Arab World

Requirements for Cornell University

Master Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Listening
Required:15
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Architecture or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department of Architecture