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Raphael Cormack

Raphael Cormack

Raphael Cormack is a writer and translator working on modern Arabic culture. He has a doctorate from the University of Edinburgh and is the author of “Midnight in Cairo” (2021). He is also the editor of “The Book of Cairo” and co-editor of “The Book of Khartoum.”

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Spiritualism Experienced Its Heyday in 20th-Century Egypt

Spiritualism Experienced Its Heyday in 20th-Century Egypt

In the 1950s, during the era of pan-Arabism and postcolonial liberation across the Middle East, Spiritualism became even more prevalent. Stories of seances held among the Egyptian and Syrian military lend further support to the argument that Spiritualism was enmeshed with the push for change.

Raphael Cormack