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Autore: | Abdennour Samia |
Titolo: | Egyptian customs and festivals [[electronic resource] /] / Samia Abdennour |
Pubblicazione: | Cairo ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, 2007 |
Edizione: | American Research Center in Egypt ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (137 p.) |
Disciplina: | 394.2693209014 |
Soggetto topico: | Manners and customs |
Soggetto geografico: | Egypt Social life and customs |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Egyptian customs and festivals |
ISBN: | 1-61797-057-3 |
1-936190-03-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910455149503321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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