Law and Order in Late Ottoman Egypt

with Khaled Fahmy hosted by Susanna Ferguson Download the podcast Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud How have the immense transformations of the nineteenth century impacted Egyptian state and society? Our guest Dr. Khaled Fahmy has devoted much of his work to the study of that very question in the realms of military, medicine, and in this episode, law, which is the subject of his forthcoming book. In this episode, we explore the emergence to of new legal institutions under Mehmed Ali's government in Egypt and ask Dr. Fahmy what this meant for Egypt and how it fits into the broader changes afoot in the Ottoman world. « Click for More »