Modernism on the Nile: art in Egypt between the Islamic and the contemporary

Introduction : The constellation of Egyptian modernism

Future publics : the transnational origins of Egyptian modernism

Mahmoud Mukhtar's pharaonic classicism and pedagogical nationalism

Lawyerly luxury of easel painting : Mahmoud Said

The beauty of uncertainty : Abdel Hadi el-Gazzar and the "return" of religion in art

Potent flows : the fellaha and water jug

Conclusion: At the intersection of Islam and the modern.