An Artist in Egypt

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I
CAIRO REVISITED	1
CHAPTER II
RENEWAL OF MY ACQUAINTANCE WITH MOHAMMED BROWN AND SOME REFLECTIONS ON MATRIMONY	11
CHAPTER III
THE MOSQUE OF MURISTÂN KALAÛN, MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE FAKÍR, AND A DIGRESSION ON THE SUBJECT OF DERVISHES	22
CHAPTER IV
THE FESTIVAL OF THE ‘HASANEYN’ AND THE STORY OF THE PRINCESS ZOHRA	31
CHAPTER V
OF THE OLD AND THE NEW CAIRO, AND OF A VISIT TO THE SHEYKH AMMIN SAHEIME	43
CHAPTER VI
MY SECOND VISIT TO THE SHEYKH AND MY EXPERIENCES WITH AN UNFAITHFUL SERVANT	57
CHAPTER VII
IN WHICH I GET ANOTHER SERVANT AND HUNT FOR A CROCODILE; ALSO A CONTINUATION OF THE STORY OF PRINCESS ZOHRA	67
CHAPTER VIII
OF A CAIRO CAFÉ AND OTHER MATTERS	78
CHAPTER IX
THE COPTIC CONVENTS OF WADI NATRUN	90
CHAPTER X
THE MOSQUE OF ES-SALIH TALAI	104
CHAPTER XI
THE BLUE MOSQUE AND KASR-ESH-SHEMA	116
CHAPTER XII
THE SPHINX, AND A DISSERTATION ON TOMMY ATKINS	127
CHAPTER XIII
THE HAMSEEN, THE LAMP-SHOP, AND THE ACCESSION OF SAID PASHA	136
CHAPTER XIV
MOHAMMEDAN FESTIVALS: THE HOLY CARPET—THE FAST OF RAMADAN AND THE ASHURA	151
CHAPTER XV
MORE RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES, SPRING’S AWAKENING, AND THE CAIRENE HOUSE OF COUNT ZOGHEB	170
CHAPTER XVI
DER EL-BAHRI, AND SOME INCIDENTS WHICH TOOK PLACE DURING MY STAY THERE	178
CHAPTER XVII
DER EL-BAHRI (continued)	194
CHAPTER XVIII
THE CROSS DESERT JOURNEY TO KOSSEIR	206
CHAPTER XIX
THE VALLEY OF HAMMAMÂT	221
CHAPTER XX
THE WADI FOWAKIYEH AND BÎR HAGI SULIMAN	231
CHAPTER XXI
KOSSEIR	245
CHAPTER XXII
EDFU AND THE QUARRIES OF GEBEL SILSILEH	258
CHAPTER XXIII
MY EXPERIENCES AS AN INMATE OF A NATIVE HOSPITAL	270

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