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Page xix
THE AUTHOR IN HIS ARAB DRESS 5 THE POTTERS ' MARKET , WITH
MOSQUE AND FELLAH WOMEN IN THE BACKGROUND , AT GIZEH , A
SUBURB OF CAIRO . 16 17 AN EGYPTIAN VILLAGE LARDER In this , made of
mud , the ...
THE AUTHOR IN HIS ARAB DRESS 5 THE POTTERS ' MARKET , WITH
MOSQUE AND FELLAH WOMEN IN THE BACKGROUND , AT GIZEH , A
SUBURB OF CAIRO . 16 17 AN EGYPTIAN VILLAGE LARDER In this , made of
mud , the ...
Page xx
EGYPTIAN WOMAN RIDING 69 She is holding her shawl over her face with her
teeth to conceal it as she passes the man on her left . On the road from Karnak to
Luxor . 76 AN ARAB HORSEMAN IN THE FAYUM The village in the background
...
EGYPTIAN WOMAN RIDING 69 She is holding her shawl over her face with her
teeth to conceal it as she passes the man on her left . On the road from Karnak to
Luxor . 76 AN ARAB HORSEMAN IN THE FAYUM The village in the background
...
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PACING PAGB HOW WOMEN CARRY THEIR CHILDREN IN UPPER EGYPT
132 Women in a street in Luxor on the Day of the Conscription . DONKEY - BOYS
AT THE GATES OF KARNAK 133 On the left is Joseph , on the right is one of the
...
PACING PAGB HOW WOMEN CARRY THEIR CHILDREN IN UPPER EGYPT
132 Women in a street in Luxor on the Day of the Conscription . DONKEY - BOYS
AT THE GATES OF KARNAK 133 On the left is Joseph , on the right is one of the
...
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... CARTOUCHES IN THE TEMPLE OF KOMOMBO Mohammed , the chief
Dragoman of Thomas Cook & Son in Egypt . . 351 FUZZY - WUZZY The Bisharin
and his encampment . 364 THE WITCH OF ASSUAN “ There was an old woman
who ...
... CARTOUCHES IN THE TEMPLE OF KOMOMBO Mohammed , the chief
Dragoman of Thomas Cook & Son in Egypt . . 351 FUZZY - WUZZY The Bisharin
and his encampment . 364 THE WITCH OF ASSUAN “ There was an old woman
who ...
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I suppose the chapels behind the beautiful screens which back on the entrance
wall are in theory for the women , who are separated from the men in Coptic
churches , for the Mo'allaka has not the usual place allotted to women . One of
the ...
I suppose the chapels behind the beautiful screens which back on the entrance
wall are in theory for the women , who are separated from the men in Coptic
churches , for the Mo'allaka has not the usual place allotted to women . One of
the ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Queer Things about Egypt |
| Author | Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Hurst & Blackett, Limited, 1911 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 16 Mar 2012 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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