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Raphael Cormack

Raphael Cormack
Raphael Cormack is an award-winning editor, translator, and writer. The author of Midnight in Cairo, Cormack is assistant professor of modern languages and cultures at Durham University in the United Kingdom.


A Revolt Against Rationality: On the Utopian Dreams of Early 20th-Century Occultists

Raphael Cormack Explores the Emergence of a Spiritual Movement That Sought to Transform the Modern Age
March 14, 2025  By Raphael Cormack
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How Cairo Became a Cosmopolitan Destination in the 1920s

Raphael Cormack on Egypt's Interwar Nightlife Boom
March 18, 2021  By Raphael Cormack
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