ABSTRACT
The Women of Cairo: Scenes of Life in the Orient, first published in 1929, describes the trip to Egypt and other locations in the Ottoman Empire taken by French Romanticist Gerard de Nerval. The book focuses on both reinforcing and dispelling the old ways in which people saw the Orient, as well as examining their old and new customs. This book is perfect for those studying history and travel.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |160 pages
Druses and Maronites
chapter |32 pages
A Prince of Lebanon
chapter |28 pages
The Prisoner
chapter |50 pages
The Story of the Caliph Hakem
chapter |43 pages
The Akkals—Anti-Lebanon
chapter |6 pages
Epilogue
part |242 pages
The Nights of Ramadan