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  1. Story of Bread, The (2000 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 2001 sale: £35.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Traces the history of bread from ancient Egypt to the present, and looks forward to gene technology in the future. Considers bread in relation to society, culture, anthropology, politics, war and technology.

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  2. Lost Between Two Moments (1990 Video)

    Director
    Christopher Spencer
    Producer
    Tariq Ali
    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

    Profiles Egyptian novelist Jamal al Ghitani, whose best-known novel works as a political parable of the modern state.

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  3. In the Belly of the Dancer (1990 Video)

    Director
    Zoe Hardy; Anjana Patel
    Producer
    Tariq Ali
    Subject
    Dance
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

    Looks at belly dancing in Cairo, both in is pure form called ‘raqs sharqi’ and its bastardised modern version. Features dancer Suraya Hilal.

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  4. Sudan: Ancient Kingdoms of the Nile (1997 Multimedia)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    CD-ROM, £21.25

    A guide to artefacts related to 7000 years of Sudanese history covering the Nile, ancient and modern Egypt, and the history and geography of Sudan, with a timeline, exhibits and photographs from the...

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  5. Pharaohs and Kings: A Biblical Quest (3 Parts) (1995 Video)

    Director
    Tim Copestake
    Producer
    Tim Copestake
    Subject
    Archaeology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 60 min., 1998 sale: £29.99 (inclusive)

    Originally broadcast in three parts. Egyptologist David Rohl sets out to prove that Egyptian chronology has been wrongly extended by several centuries and examines how this has distorted our understanding of...

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  6. Monuments of Ancient Egypt (1995 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, 32 slides., 2000 sale: £35.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    An introduction to aspects of ancient Egyptian culture. Discusses major monuments in the context of their historical, political and cultural background, including the pyramids and the Great Sphinx at Giza...

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  7. Quest for the Lost Civilisation (3 Parts) (1998 Video)

    Producer
    Timothy Copestake; David Wickham; Stefan Wickham
    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 55 min., 1999 sale: £10.99 (inclusive) each 1999 sale: £17.99 (inclusive) set of three

    Writer Graham Hancock on a global search for evidence to prove this theory that the Nazcan civilisation existed some 10,000 years ago and remains of its legacy are still evident. 1: Hancock travels to Egypt...

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  8. Munich 72 (1997)

    Director
    Wilfried Huismann
    Subject
    German studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 45 minutes), £4.99

    German Chancellor Willy Brandt bowed to Israeli pressure and decided against a diplomatic solution with the help of Egypt, that had already been worked out. The hostages were sacrificed for a political...

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  9. Girl Rising (2014)

    Director
    Richard Robbins
    Subject
    Development studies; Education; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 103 minutes), £13.99

    This film follows nine girls from Haiti, Nepal, Ethiopia, India, Egypt, Peru, Cambodia, Sierra Leone, and Afghanistan on their journey to education. the girls face arranged marriages, child slavery and other...

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  10. House of Bones, The (1991 Video)

    Subject
    Dance
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 1997 sale: £20.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Extracts from a dance performance by Motionhouse, combining dance-theatre with personal and political preoccupations. Refers to the plagues of ancient Egypt, the medieval ‘ship of fools’ and the...

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