Ziad Fahmy

Ziad Fahmy is a Professor of Modern Middle East History at Cornell University's department of Near Eastern Studies. Professor Fahmy received his History Ph.D. in 2007 from the University of Arizona, where his dissertation “Popularizing Egyptian Nationalism” was awarded the Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Award (2008) from the Middle East Studies Association. Professor Fahmy is the author of: 1) Street Sounds: Listening to Everyday Life in Modern Egypt (Stanford University Press, 2020) *Winner of the bi-annual Urban History Association's 2021 award for Best Book in Non- North American Urban History; and 2) Ordinary Egyptians: Creating the Modern Nation through Popular Culture (Stanford University Press, 2011). He is currently writing his third book, tentatively titled, Broadcasting Identity: Radio and the Making of Modern Egypt, 1925-1952. His articles have appeared in Comparative Studies in Society and History, the International Journal of Middle East Studies, History Compass, and in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. His research has been ‎supported by the Fulbright-Hays Commission, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Research Center in Egypt.