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  3. An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 March 2014
      21 February 2013
      ISBN:
      9781139506076
      9781108055246
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139506076
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      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.58kg, 458 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, South Asian History, Anthropology
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
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    Subjects:
    Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, South Asian History, Anthropology
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
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    Edward William Lane (1801–76) published this work in two volumes in 1836. Resident in the country for many years, and fluent in Arabic, he devoted his life's study to Egypt. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Institut de France, Lane translated One Thousand and One Nights and selections from the Koran. His major work was an Arabic-English lexicon; a monumental undertaking, he was working on the sixth volume when he died. Volume 2 of Modern Egyptians primarily details Cairo's vibrant public space, covering drug use, games, street music and dancers, as well as snake charmers, storytelling, celebratory festivals, and funerals. It also examines Egyptian industry and the Jewish and Copt minorities. A bestseller in its own day, this well-illustrated work remains a key text for students of nineteenth-century Egypt and the Arab world.

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