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 12
... native from Kafr Awana , which is half a mile from Nekla , Behera , was fast asleep in the middle of the day ' This story under different names is also told against a grocer in North Wales . But surely the Egyptian version must be the ...
... native from Kafr Awana , which is half a mile from Nekla , Behera , was fast asleep in the middle of the day ' This story under different names is also told against a grocer in North Wales . But surely the Egyptian version must be the ...
Page 18
... natives and was married with a Pasha's daughter . " MOHAMMED FERID . " " When a boy is born his mother take care and breed him until the 7th of his age . After this his father take care of him by sending him schools if he was rich in ...
... natives and was married with a Pasha's daughter . " MOHAMMED FERID . " " When a boy is born his mother take care and breed him until the 7th of his age . After this his father take care of him by sending him schools if he was rich in ...
Page 25
... 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 shine and blue sky , a good and fertile land , in spite of that ...
... 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 shine and blue sky , a good and fertile land , in spite of that ...
Page 37
... natives agree in regarding the English as being absolutely without religion of any kind . When a burglar breaks into your house your suffragi comes to call you . He can be really courageous if he has you with him to help ; otherwise he ...
... natives agree in regarding the English as being absolutely without religion of any kind . When a burglar breaks into your house your suffragi comes to call you . He can be really courageous if he has you with him to help ; otherwise he ...
Page 38
... . He does not use the brass water - jug like a grown - up coffee - pot , with which he has to pour water over the hands of his betters , if he is employed by a native , though he prefers running water 38 Queer Things About Egypt.
... . He does not use the brass water - jug like a grown - up coffee - pot , with which he has to pour water over the hands of his betters , if he is employed by a native , though he prefers running water 38 Queer Things About Egypt.
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