“…Egyptian nationalism found its way to popular culture, and since, by definition, popular means accessible to all, its mode of expression was colloquial. As a thriving cultural center, Cairo's importance grew, marking its dialect as the unofficial spoken language of Egypt (Fahmy 2007). It was portrayed as such in newspapers and magazines written in ʿāmmiyya, which were quite popular between the 1870s and 1930s.…”