Literary optics: staging the collective in the Nahda; The Arab Nahda as popular entertainment: mass culture and modernity in the Middle East: by Maha Abdelmegeed, Syracuse, Syracuse University Press, 2024, 270 pp., $95 (hardback), $34.95 (paperback, ebook), ISBN 9780815638278, 9780815638285, 9780815657019; edited by Hala Auji, Raphael Cormack, and Alaaeldin Mahmoud, London, I.B. Tauris, 2024. 246 pp., £85 (hardback), £28.99 (paperback), £26.09 (ebook), ISBN 9780755647408, 9780755647446, 9780755647415, 9780755647422

Peter Hill

doi:10.1080/1475262x.2026.2615375

Literary optics: staging the collective in the Nahda; The Arab Nahda as popular entertainment: mass culture and modernity in the Middle East: by Maha Abdelmegeed, Syracuse, Syracuse University Press, 2024, 270 pp., $95 (hardback), $34.95 (paperback, ebook), ISBN 9780815638278, 9780815638285, 9780815657019; edited by Hala Auji, Raphael Cormack, and Alaaeldin Mahmoud, London, I.B. Tauris, 2024. 246 pp., £85 (hardback), £28.99 (paperback), £26.09 (ebook), ISBN 9780755647408, 9780755647446, 9780755647415, 9780755647422

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	104-109
Number of pages	6
Journal	Middle Eastern Literatures
Volume	28
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1475262x.2026.2615375
Publication status	Published - 2 Jan 2026

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Hill, P. (2026). Literary optics: staging the collective in the Nahda; The Arab Nahda as popular entertainment: mass culture and modernity in the Middle East: by Maha Abdelmegeed, Syracuse, Syracuse University Press, 2024, 270 pp., $95 (hardback), $34.95 (paperback, ebook), ISBN 9780815638278, 9780815638285, 9780815657019; edited by Hala Auji, Raphael Cormack, and Alaaeldin Mahmoud, London, I.B. Tauris, 2024. 246 pp., £85 (hardback), £28.99 (paperback), £26.09 (ebook), ISBN 9780755647408, 9780755647446, 9780755647415, 9780755647422. Middle Eastern Literatures, 28(1), 104-109. https://doi.org/10.1080/1475262x.2026.2615375

Hill, Peter. / Literary optics: staging the collective in the Nahda; The Arab Nahda as popular entertainment: mass culture and modernity in the Middle East : by Maha Abdelmegeed, Syracuse, Syracuse University Press, 2024, 270 pp., $95 (hardback), $34.95 (paperback, ebook), ISBN 9780815638278, 9780815638285, 9780815657019; edited by Hala Auji, Raphael Cormack, and Alaaeldin Mahmoud, London, I.B. Tauris, 2024. 246 pp., £85 (hardback), £28.99 (paperback), £26.09 (ebook), ISBN 9780755647408, 9780755647446, 9780755647415, 9780755647422. In: Middle Eastern Literatures. 2026 ; Vol. 28, No. 1. pp. 104-109.

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Hill P. Literary optics: staging the collective in the Nahda; The Arab Nahda as popular entertainment: mass culture and modernity in the Middle East: by Maha Abdelmegeed, Syracuse, Syracuse University Press, 2024, 270 pp., $95 (hardback), $34.95 (paperback, ebook), ISBN 9780815638278, 9780815638285, 9780815657019; edited by Hala Auji, Raphael Cormack, and Alaaeldin Mahmoud, London, I.B. Tauris, 2024. 246 pp., £85 (hardback), £28.99 (paperback), £26.09 (ebook), ISBN 9780755647408, 9780755647446, 9780755647415, 9780755647422. Middle Eastern Literatures. 2026 Jan 2;28(1):104-109. doi: 10.1080/1475262x.2026.2615375