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Page 10
... your pleasant dream of the Middle Ages in the Mosque land of El - Nahassin ,
the most romantic highway of antiquity in all Cairo . The Muristan and mosque of
Sultan Kalaûn , the mosque and tomb of Sultan En - Nasr , the mosque of Sultan
...
... your pleasant dream of the Middle Ages in the Mosque land of El - Nahassin ,
the most romantic highway of antiquity in all Cairo . The Muristan and mosque of
Sultan Kalaûn , the mosque and tomb of Sultan En - Nasr , the mosque of Sultan
...
Page 12
... this volume were related to me by Mr. or Mrs. Cromwell Rhodes , who were
long resident in the land of the Phænix . under the shade of a tree in the field , 12
PART I Anecdotes Illustrating the Egyptian Character CHAP ENGLISH AS SHE IS
...
... this volume were related to me by Mr. or Mrs. Cromwell Rhodes , who were
long resident in the land of the Phænix . under the shade of a tree in the field , 12
PART I Anecdotes Illustrating the Egyptian Character CHAP ENGLISH AS SHE IS
...
Page 25
It is the nearest place to Egypt that if you wish to return again to your native land ;
you would not spend much money . " MOHAMMED HOSSEIN . " “ The country
that I live in outside Egypt is ' Switzerland . ' This country has healthy climate , a ...
It is the nearest place to Egypt that if you wish to return again to your native land ;
you would not spend much money . " MOHAMMED HOSSEIN . " “ The country
that I live in outside Egypt is ' Switzerland . ' This country has healthy climate , a ...
Page 34
While the land - boom was on , the result was disastrous . But now that so many
people have been ruined , and so many others have gone out of the town to
Zeitoun , and the Skeleton City , and other suburbs , and Cairo is so overbuilt , a ...
While the land - boom was on , the result was disastrous . But now that so many
people have been ruined , and so many others have gone out of the town to
Zeitoun , and the Skeleton City , and other suburbs , and Cairo is so overbuilt , a ...
Page 51
Mosquitoes ? one takes for granted , though strangers grow I " The voice of the
mosquitoe is still heard in the land and she is occupying general public attention .
It is therefore a good time to write about her natural history . The mosquitoe , by ...
Mosquitoes ? one takes for granted , though strangers grow I " The voice of the
mosquitoe is still heard in the land and she is occupying general public attention .
It is therefore a good time to write about her natural history . The mosquitoe , by ...
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| 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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