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The progress of democratization in Egypt is described. The author contends that, although Egypt is far from being a fully functioning democracy, it has made important progress in the electoral process, a free press, and the political participation of women. It is argued that such reforms must be guided internally.

Intro -- Arab Civilization -- Table of Contents -- Editors' Note -- Preface -- Part I. The Man and His Work -- Constantine K. Zurayk: Advocate of Rationalism in Modern Arab Thought -- Humanism and Secularism in the Modern Arab Heritage: The Ideas of al-Kawākibī and Zurayk -- Part 2. The Classical Heritage -- On the Use of Islamic History: An Essay -- The Expression of Historicity in the Koran -- Equity and Islamic Law -- The Devolution of the Perfect State: Plato, Ibn Rushd, and Ibn Khaldun -- al-Khwārizmī's Concept of Algebra -- Ibn Khaldun, the Father of Economics -- A Mamlūk "Magna Carta -- Part 3. The Modern Age: Challenges and Responses -- The Memoirs of Nubar Pasha as a Source for the Social History of Egypt -- The Neopatriarchal Discourse: Language and Discourse in Contemporary Arab Society -- The Interplay Between Social and Cultural Change: The Case of Germany and the Arab Middle East -- Criticism and the Heritage: Adonis as an Advocate of a New Arab Culture -- Aḥmad Amīn and 'Abbās Maḥmūd al-'Aqqād Between al-Quadīm and al-Jadīd: European Challenge and Islamic Response -- Amīn al-Rīḥānī and King 'Abdul-'Aziz Ibn Sa'ūd -- A Reinterpretation of the Origins and Aims of the Great Syrian Revolt, 1925-27 -- The Social and Economic Structure of Bāb-al-Muṣallā (al-Mīdān), Damascus, 1825-75 -- Imperial Germany: A View from Damascus -- The Egyptian Press under Nasser and al-Sadat -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.