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Rambles in Cairo (1917)

Devonshire, R. L., Mrs., b. 1864 · Cairo : The Sphinx Printing Press · leaf 24

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before the main entrance, we found two orthree men in beautiful silk robes waiting for us and an interested andsympathetic crowd of underlings ready with slippers to i.nit on over ourshoes so that we should not bring any tilth from outside into the sacred (I) The plan of El Azhar is said to be… … ■==-, ^ ? <9 O O o <« N< w IT1/1O beforehand that this was a crowded school, I had not expected 10 see sucha large number of people; the great courtyard was like a bee-hive. We were able to watch several classes going on ; there are no separate 10 RAMBLES IN CAIRO class-rooms, no chairs,…

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