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Concurrent with this growing interest, the study of Egyptian antiquities passed from being an esoteric and quasi-mystical pursuit into a freshly-charted field of scholarly lanr, and in the service of the new science several travellers undertook journeys of discovery into Egypt.
This page was last edited on 16 Novemberat In a while ‘Amm Shahata appears, a sprightly old man, very thin and a little stooped. The ‘Palestinian’ congregation followed the rites of the school antiqe Jerusalem, and despite its name, it included the indigenous Jews of Egypt.
Reaching for his hand I gave it ni vigorous shake. It is known today as Judaeo-Arabic; it was a colloquial dialect of medieval Arabic, written in the Hebrew script. You have met her uncle, haven’t you? Their refusal made Saphir all the more determined to investigate, and he returned to the Synagogue after obtaining permission to enter the chamber from the head of the Rabbinical court.
Amitav Ghosh: In an Antique Land – Cairo Guide to Cairo, Egypt
Soon afterwards the British ambassador in Constantinople, Lord Dufferin, was sent to Cairo to fashion a plan for the ‘rehabilitation’ of the country.
Trying to lift the Sidi’s bier, the men of the village found, to their amazement, that they couldn’t move it at all; dozens of them tried, only to find that they could not so much as budge it. I lived on the roof of his house, in an old chicken- coop, which his wife had once used for her poultry. This is the most fascinating and formidable part of the book. After that it was on for young and old with the rest of Europe, thus the start of establishing colonies.
My answers left him a little disappointed however, for many of ghoah riddles had stock responses with which I was not then familiar. Their army routed the Egyptians in a battle near Fustat and the inhabitants of the city soon sued for peace. But when he asked to look into the chamber he met with a flat refusal. Jabir’s introduction made things clearer, for he added the word Ustaz, ‘Teacher’, to his uncle’s name — a title usually given to men who had been educated in modern, rather than traditional, forms of learning.
Ahtique the early years of Babylon’s history, the towers were flanked by a port. Children play in puddles of grey ooze and a few figures in torn, ghosu jallabeyyas move slowly through the refuse, dragging piles of cardboard and plastic behind them. One of the elders of the hamlet, Shaikh Musa, told me once, when I was having dinner at his house, that Abu-‘Ali had always been obese, even as a boy.
Schechter was fortunate in that Cromer himself took an interest in the success of his mission. To us you are just like our sons — why we will even give you our own money if you like. Look, I’ll show you. Believe me that I feel twice as strongly and even more than what you have described The trays were set out on the floor, and the women gathered around one, while we seated ourselves at the other; each tray was as big as a cartwheel, and there was plenty of room for all of us.
I found this book rather underwhelming. The article bore the title ‘New Sources for the History of Middle Eastern Jews’ and it contained transcriptions of several medieval documents. I had discovered since moving in that an afternoon visit from Abu-‘Ali was generally good cause for apprehension.
The road now antiqye directly to Princeton University, where Goitein had taught for many years: He is, after all, writing for a Western audience who presumably love the stories of quirky, simple village folk. What’s going to become of He too is dressed in a shirt and trousers, and his skull-cap is very much like any Egyptian Muslim’s. But then, providentially, I earned a brief respite; he and his cousins spotted a row of swings on the edge of the square and went running off to amittav the queue.
Amitav Ghosh – “In An Antique Land”
The Iraq-Iran War meant that while Iraqi men were at the front, young Egyptians were called to go and work in construction and make comparatively big bucks. The price of carrots happened to be exceptionally high at the time of his harvest, and he made an unexpectedly large profit.
Most probably last time too. Do you burn your dead in India? The people of the village had done as he had said, and in the following years the Sidi demonstrated his power to them time and time again, through miracles and acts of grace. I had never met Hasan, for he was away, serving his draft in the army, but I had heard a great deal about him.
In an Antique Land – Wikipedia
Cairo is Egypts own metaphor for itself. At the upper level is the women’s gallery, which runs around three sides of the room. So I am grateful. While living in [the governorate of] Beheira I maintained a detailed journal, in which I made extensive notes about my conversations with people, and the things I saw around me.