Raphael Cormack is a British writer and scholar of the

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and Assistant Professor of Arabic at

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. He obtained his PhD in Egyptian Theatre from the

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. He has also been a visiting researcher at

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. He has written essays on

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in outlets such as the

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, and the

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. He has also edited two anthologies titled ''The Book of Cairo'' and ''The Book of Khartoum''. Cormack is the author of ''Midnight in Cairo: The Female Stars of Egypt’s Roaring ’20s'', an exploration of Cairo popular culture through personalities such as Rose Al-Youssef, Mounira al-Mahdiyya and Oum Kalthoum, and of ''Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age: A Forgotten History of the Occult'', a biography of

Dr. Dahesh Dr. Dahesh (Arabic language, Arabic: الدكتور داهش) (June 1, 1909 – April 9, 1984) was the title and pen name of Salim Moussa Achi (Arabic language, Arabic: سليم موسى عشّي), a writer, poet, philosopher, and the founder ...

and the traveling

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Tahra-Bey who inspired him. He is the son of

Robin Cormack Robin Sinclair Cormack, FSA (born 27 September 1938) is a British classicist and art historian, specialising in Byzantine art. He was Professor in the History of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, 1991–2004. Career Robin ...

and historian Mary Beard. He is married to Pamela Takefman.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cormack, Raphael British historians Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Academics of Durham University