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A very ancient Egyptian Easter: Sham El-Nessim
Monday 21 April marks Sham El-Nessim, a festival that takes place in the same breath as Easter, falling on the day after Easter Sunday each year. The rituals and beliefs associated with today's Sham El-Nessim celebrations link it directly to Ancient (...)

17 - 04 - 2017
A very ancient Egyptian Easter: Sham El-Nasim
Monday 21 April marks Sham El-Nasim, in the same breath as Easter. The rituals and beliefs associated with today's Sham El-Nasim celebrations link it directly to ancient Egyptian feasts. Celebrated since 2700 BC by all Egyptians regardless of their (...)

21 - 04 - 2014
Folk: The Ramadan lantern
Ramadan is the Muslem holy month where the Quran was bestowed upon Prophet Mohammed. The month often known as the month of piety and charity, fasting from dawn to dusk and refraining from vanity. Among the unique aspects of Ramadan in Egypt is the (...)

13 - 07 - 2013
Good morning, Sinai: Women's traditional dress in Sinai
Women dressing up for special occasions in Sinai commonly use two main body garments, two head pieces, a face veil, a girdle, plus jewellery pieces. ## There is a janaa on the head, a burqou on the face. Beneath the embroidered tob, or dress, you (...)

22 - 04 - 2013
Folk love stories 2: Aziza and Younis
This is one of the best known poems in Al-Sira Al-Hilaliya, recounting the amorous liaison between Younis Al-Hilali and Aziza, the daughter of Al-Wahidi Mebed, a Zanati prince. Aziza falls in love with Younis when she learns about his exceptional (...)

22 - 02 - 2012
Folk love stories 1: Badr and Warda
You who fall in love, the eyes are to blame If I can now, I will cry with tears So many people love unwisely Listen to this extraordinary tale of love I wrote it and am telling it, it's all about love Stay with me and you'll know the meaning of (...)

14 - 02 - 2012
From Cairo to Mecca: a tale of hajj celebrations
The story of pilgrimage, or hajj, to Mecca, goes back to pre-Islamic times. Under Islam, the process of pilgrimage became more standardised, and as Muslims gained more power and wealth, the procession of the hajj became more sumptuous. The first (...)

01 - 11 - 2011
Hajj: Keswa
One of the most interesting traditions around the Kaaba has to do with its covering, orkeswa. The whole structure is enveloped from the outside by fabric, a tradition that has grown in sophistication as kings and rulers competed to honour Islam's (...)

01 - 11 - 2011
Hajj: Ibrahim and Ismail
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01 - 11 - 2011
Hajj: Songs
The following are excerpts from Egyptian songs which used to be performed on the occasion of sending themahmal (bearer of the ritual covering for the Kaaba)to Mecca. Song 1: What do we do, Ahmed On the day of the departure of the mahmal? The (...)

01 - 11 - 2011
Folk: Ramadan's nocturnal singer, the msesahharati
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23 - 08 - 2011
Folk: The Ramadan lantern
Ramadan is the Muslem holy month where the Quran was bestowed upon Prophet Mohammed. The month often known as the month of piety and charity, fasting from dawn to dusk and refraining from vanity. Among the unique aspects of Ramadan in Egypt is the (...)

31 - 07 - 2011
Folk Hero: Seif Ibn Zi Yazan
Over 4,000 pages in its written form, the tale of Seif Ibn Zi Yazan describes a tense relationship between the Semites of Yemen and the Hamites of Abyssinia. Seif Ibn Zi Yazan, a Yemeni king, was predestined to greatness. Even before he was born, (...)

30 - 06 - 2011
Folk: The night of the holy journies
On the night of 27 Rajab, Prophet Mohammed travelled to the Aqsa Mosque on the back of a heavenly beast called the boraq. Afterwards, the prophet ascended to heaven, where he encountered angels and previous prophets and saw paradise and hell. The (...)

27 - 06 - 2011
Folk Hero:Al-Zahir Beibars
When the Mongols destroyed Baghdad, many storytellers left the Abbasid capital to Egypt. It was around this time, between the thirteenth and the fifteenth centuries, that the major epics of Arab literature came into being, and many were flavoured by (...)

06 - 06 - 2011
A very ancient Egyptian Easter: Sham El-Nasim
Monday 25 April marks Sham El-Nasim, in the same breath as Easter. The rituals and beliefs associated with today's Sham El-Nasim celebrations link it directly to ancient Egyptian feasts. Celebrated since 2700 BC by all Egyptians regardless of (...)

22 - 04 - 2011
Folk Hero series: Ali al-Zeibaq
One of the best-known tales of street-wise tricksters in popular literature, the story of Ali al-Zeibaq, or Ali the Mercury Man, unfolds in the ninth or tenth century, but may have been written in the thirteenth century. The scholar Farouq (...)

04 - 04 - 2011
Folk Hero series: Zat Al-Hemma
This is the only complete oral history of an Arab woman, beginning with her birth and ending with her death. The tale is spiced with vivid scenes of war, some taking place among Arab tribes and others involving the Muslims and the Byzantines. Parts (...)

03 - 04 - 2011
Folk literature: “Al-Fawwal's daughter”
Collected venue : The village of Bandar Al-Kermania in the Governorate of Sohag Collection date: 26 January 2009 Collector: Ashraf Nasrat Storyteller: Saber Yassin Hassan, 43, also known as Saber El-Arabi. Source: National Folklore Archive (...)

27 - 11 - 2010
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