Not one … but four books
gleaned today from L’Orientaliste library in Cairo, all foundational French ethnographic studies from the 1930s:
— Victor Muller’s “En Syrie avec les Bedouins: les tribus du desert” (1931)
— Albert de Boucheman’s “Une petite cite caravaniere: Sukhne” (a little gem)
— Albert de Boucheman’s “Materiel de la vie Bedouine recueilli chez les Arabes Seba’a”
— and the sweetest surprise of all (because they could not find it in their vaults last time dropped by): Robert Montagne’s “Contes poetiques Bedouins recueillis chez les Shammar de Gezire”. This one is a lucky find.
I feel so blessed.
You know that we are all so jealous, don’t you?
I am glad you are back in Cairo!
Perhaps I should have them scanned for you and sent for the archives. I wonder if copyrights are still applicable. I don’t think so but may need to check.
super ! Il y en a qui sont en français ?
tous sont en francais
If they are scanned and digitally stored in several places, the data is a lot safer than physically in any one place! It would be easier for you to translate and keep notes on, too. So, yes!
Please I need those books. I am looking for it