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An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians
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An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians

Edward William Lane · narrated by Moss

2026

28h 3m
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Edward William Lane's classic account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, based on years living among them in Cairo. Detailed and sympathetic, it records religion, daily life, festivals, and belief in extraordinary depth. A foundational work of ethnography for anyone fascinated by Egypt and the nineteenth-century Arab world.

Inside this audiobook

47 chapters

  1. 1BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION.10m
  2. 2PREFACE.21m
  3. 3ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION.5m
  4. 4INTRODUCTION.44m
  5. 5CHAPTER I. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND DRESS OF THE MUSLIM EGYPTIANS.47m
  6. 6CHAPTER II. INFANCY AND EARLY EDUCATION.27m
  7. 7CHAPTER III. RELIGION AND LAWS.1h 24m
  8. 8Chapter 841m
  9. 9CHAPTER IV. GOVERNMENT.1h 13m
  10. 10Chapter 1042m
  11. 11CHAPTER VI. DOMESTIC LIFE—continued.1h 28m
  12. 12Chapter 127m
  13. 13CHAPTER VII. DOMESTIC LIFE—continued.16m
  14. 14CHAPTER VIII. COMMON USAGES OF SOCIETY.25m
  15. 15CHAPTER IX. LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND SCIENCE.38m
  16. 16CHAPTER X. SUPERSTITIONS.1h 15m
  17. 17CHAPTER XI. SUPERSTITIONS—continued.46m
  18. 18CHAPTER XII. MAGIC, ASTROLOGY, AND ALCHEMY.33m
  19. 19CHAPTER XIII. CHARACTER.1h 29m
  20. 20Chapter 203m
  21. 21CHAPTER XIV. INDUSTRY.50m
  22. 22CHAPTER XV. USE OF TOBACCO, COFFEE, HEMP, OPIUM, ETC.13m
  23. 23CHAPTER XVI. THE BATH.18m
  24. 24CHAPTER XVII. GAMES.25m
  25. 25CHAPTER XVIII. MUSIC.41m
  26. 26CHAPTER XIX. PUBLIC DANCERS.15m
  27. 27CHAPTER XX. SERPENT CHARMERS, AND PERFORMERS OF LEGERDEMAIN TRICKS, ETC.23m
  28. 28CHAPTER XXI. PUBLIC RECITATIONS OF ROMANCES.23m
  29. 29CHAPTER XXII. PUBLIC RECITATIONS OF ROMANCES—continued.40m
  30. 30CHAPTER XXIII. PUBLIC RECITATIONS OF ROMANCES—Continued.34m
  31. 31CHAPTER XXIV. PERIODICAL PUBLIC FESTIVALS, ETC.58m
  32. 32Chapter 3326m
  33. 33CHAPTER XXV. PERIODICAL PUBLIC FESTIVALS, ETC.—continued.59m
  34. 34Chapter 3534m
  35. 35CHAPTER XXVI. PERIODICAL PUBLIC FESTIVALS, ETC.—continued.33m
  36. 36CHAPTER XXVII. PRIVATE FESTIVITIES, ETC.30m
  37. 37CHAPTER XXVIII. DEATH, AND FUNERAL RITES.43m
  38. 38SUPPLEMENT.1h 11m
  39. 39II.—THE JEWS OF EGYPT.19m
  40. 40APPENDIX A.28m
  41. 41APPENDIX B. EGYPTIAN MEASURES, WEIGHTS, AND MONEYS.11m
  42. 42Chapter 4435m
  43. 43Chapter 4533m
  44. 44Chapter 4634m
  45. 45Chapter 4734m
  46. 46Chapter 4834m
  47. 47Chapter 496m
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