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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455149503321

Autore

Abdennour Samia

Titolo

Egyptian customs and festivals [[electronic resource] /] / Samia Abdennour

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cairo ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, 2007

ISBN

1-61797-057-3

1-936190-03-6

Edizione

[American Research Center in Egypt ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 p.)

Collana

American Research Center in Egypt conservation series ; ; 3

Disciplina

394.2693209014

Soggetti

Manners and customs

Electronic books.

Egypt Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Customs and Traditions; Rites and Festivities; Proverbs; Recipes

Sommario/riassunto

How do Egyptian Muslims celebrate Ramadan? How do Copts-Egyptian Christians-celebrate Easter? What should you expect to find on the table when invited to eat in an Egyptian home? What do you say when an Egyptian colleague sneezes? Exactly what do Egyptians do with a mortar and pestle, a sieve, and a bag of nuts seven days after the birth of a baby?Samia Abdennour, once an outsider from Palestine, now thoroughly at home in Egypt, is here to tell you all about these matters-and many more. In a book that aims to introduce the unfamiliar newcomer or interested foreign reader to the hows, whats, an