TY - BOOK AU - Hoda A.Yousef TI - Composing Egypt: Reading, Writing, and the Emergence of a Modern Nation (1870-1930) SN - 9780804797115 PY - 2016/// CY - Stanford, California PB - Stanford University Press KW - Literacy KW - Social aspects KW - Egypt KW - History KW - 19th century KW - 20th century KW - Books and reading N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and index; Introduction : literacies, publics, and gender -- The discourse and practice of everyday literacy -- Literacies of exclusion : mistresses of the pen -- Writing for the public : schooled literacies -- Writing to be seen and heard : petitions and protests -- Literacy for all : ummiyya, Arabic, and the public good -- Conclusion : literacy and literacies ER -