Conférence : Adam Mestyan, "Harun al-Rashid under Occupation. The Khedive, the Opera House and the Comité des Théâtres, 1882-1892" — IFAO, 18h, 29/01/2014

This presentation focuses on the origins of cultural politics in modern Egypt. It presents a microhistory of the administration of the Khedivial Opera House during the first decade of the British occupation. Five protagonists are introduced: the Khedive Tevfik, the colonial financial administrators, Ahmet Muhtar Pasha (the Ottoman High Commissioner), the Syrian theatre makers, and the mixed Egyptian patriotic elite. All retained their interests in forming the representation of the Egyptian st..