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.

 

 

6 Replies to “Not one … but four books”

  1. 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!

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