Queer Things about EgyptHurst & blackett, Limited, 1911 - 428 pages This book is filled with varied information about Egypt. Everything is touched upon—the people, their customs, and manner of writing English, descriptions of scenery, history and social conditions—in the manner of a well informed traveler willing to tell all he knows. 1t is an entertaining book, and one which a visitor to Egypt could hardly afford to be without, especially the seekers of recreation in perusing passages of sprightly talk about things new and old, maintained by a man who is likely to have cheered many a table and fireside by his traveler's tales. |
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Page xii
... run Egypt on the same principles as the French run Tunis all would be well . Firm paternal government is what the Egyptian requires . He is not irreconcilable , he is not keen , he is not pertinacious ; he is merely demonstrative ; he ...
... run Egypt on the same principles as the French run Tunis all would be well . Firm paternal government is what the Egyptian requires . He is not irreconcilable , he is not keen , he is not pertinacious ; he is merely demonstrative ; he ...
Page xxiii
... at the village just outside Karnak . The idea of these boys is to make small piastres by stripping to run races or pose for the Kodaker . 16 Da Med Queer Things About Egypt M INTRODUCTION Cairo List of Illustrations xxiii.
... at the village just outside Karnak . The idea of these boys is to make small piastres by stripping to run races or pose for the Kodaker . 16 Da Med Queer Things About Egypt M INTRODUCTION Cairo List of Illustrations xxiii.
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... running round it , and the finest view of Cairo . And just outside it is the oldest Cairo mosque - that of Amr the victorious , who con- quered Egypt for the Caliphs , and named the city that he founded Al - Fustat , the City of the ...
... running round it , and the finest view of Cairo . And just outside it is the oldest Cairo mosque - that of Amr the victorious , who con- quered Egypt for the Caliphs , and named the city that he founded Al - Fustat , the City of the ...
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... run by the dromedary . ' " M. YASSIME . " " There are many places in the world which are good for health and easy for man to gain money . Syria is one of those healthy places , its weather is neither hot nor cold but fresh and dry air ...
... run by the dromedary . ' " M. YASSIME . " " There are many places in the world which are good for health and easy for man to gain money . Syria is one of those healthy places , its weather is neither hot nor cold but fresh and dry air ...
Page 37
... runs down his master to other servants . On the contrary , he lies to make his master appear a better master , and richer and more important than he really is . But in most respects Humours of the Suffragi , the Egyptian Servant 37.
... runs down his master to other servants . On the contrary , he lies to make his master appear a better master , and richer and more important than he really is . But in most respects Humours of the Suffragi , the Egyptian Servant 37.
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