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384 [part ii.
II. THE JEWS OF EGYPT.
The Jews, in every country in which they are dispersed) unlike any other collective class of people
residing in a country which is not their own by
inheritance from the original possessors, or by conquest achieved by themselves or their ancestors), form
permanent members of the community among whom
they dwell: a few words respecting the Jews in
Egypt will therefore be not inappropriate in the
present work.
There are in this country about five thousand
Jews (in Arabic, called " Yahood;" singular, " Ya-
hoodee"), most of whom reside in the metropolis, in
a miserable, close, and dirty quarter, intersected by
lanes, many of which are so narrow as hardly to
admit of two persons passing each other in them.
In features, and in the general expression of
countenance, the Oriental Jews differ less from other
Eastern nations than do those in European countries
from the people among whom they live. Many of
the Egyptian Jews have sore eyes, and a bloated
complexion; the result, it is supposed, of their
making an immoderate use of the oil of sesame in
their food. In their dress, as well as in their
persons, they are generally slovenly and dirty. The
colours of their turbans are the same as those of
the Christian subjects. Their women veil them-
| Title | An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians - 2 |
| Creator | Lane, Edward William |
| Publisher | C. Knight and Co. |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Date | 1842 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000396 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 384 [part ii. II. THE JEWS OF EGYPT. The Jews, in every country in which they are dispersed) unlike any other collective class of people residing in a country which is not their own by inheritance from the original possessors, or by conquest achieved by themselves or their ancestors), form permanent members of the community among whom they dwell: a few words respecting the Jews in Egypt will therefore be not inappropriate in the present work. There are in this country about five thousand Jews (in Arabic, called " Yahood;" singular, " Ya- hoodee"), most of whom reside in the metropolis, in a miserable, close, and dirty quarter, intersected by lanes, many of which are so narrow as hardly to admit of two persons passing each other in them. In features, and in the general expression of countenance, the Oriental Jews differ less from other Eastern nations than do those in European countries from the people among whom they live. Many of the Egyptian Jews have sore eyes, and a bloated complexion; the result, it is supposed, of their making an immoderate use of the oil of sesame in their food. In their dress, as well as in their persons, they are generally slovenly and dirty. The colours of their turbans are the same as those of the Christian subjects. Their women veil them- |
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