J. W. McPherson lived in Egypt for 45 years, working as a teacher before the First World War, then serving with the RedCross at Gallipoli, as a soldier with the Egyptian Camel Transport in Sinai and Palestine, as an Intelligence Officer in Cairo,and until his retirement in 1924 as Ma'mur Zapt, the Director of the political Criminal Investigation Department for investigatingpolitical activists and secret societies. In retirement, he researched the religious festivals called moulids and wrote this book.; Russell McGuirk was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and Johns Hopkins University, where he studied Modern Languages, including Arabic. He went on to specialize in Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. The Moulids of Egypt is his fourth book as a specialist in Arabic and in early 20th century Egyptian history.

an invaluable work...a superb first-hand glimpse of the life of Egypt -Laurence Durrell

• ContentsEditor's Comments on the Text viiiList of Illustrations ixList of Maps xiEditor's Note on Map Section xiiForeword to the New Edition by Valerie J. Hoffman xiiiForeword to the Original Edition by Edward E. Evans-Pritchard xixIntroduction 1I Moulids: Their Origin and Objects 27II Moulids: Their Place, Times and Seasons 35III Moulids: Their Devotional Side 49IV Moulids: Their Secular Side 69V Moulids: Their Individual Features 91Envoi 311Post Scriptum 315Glossary 321Editor's Life of Author 333Editor's Acknowledgements 373Sources of Illustrations 375

J. W. McPherson lived in Egypt for 45 years, working as a teacher before the First World War, then serving with the RedCross at Gallipoli, as a soldier with the Egyptian Camel Transport in Sinai and Palestine, as an Intelligence Officer in Cairo,and until his retirement in 1924 as Ma'mur Zapt, the Director of the political Criminal Investigation Department for investigatingpolitical activists and secret societies. In retirement, he researched the religious festivals called moulids and wrote this book.; Russell McGuirk was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and Johns Hopkins University, where he studied Modern Languages, including Arabic. He went on to specialize in Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. The Moulids of Egypt is his fourth book as a specialist in Arabic and in early 20th century Egyptian history.

an invaluable work...a superb first-hand glimpse of the life of Egypt -Laurence Durrell

• ContentsEditor's Comments on the Text viiiList of Illustrations ixList of Maps xiEditor's Note on Map Section xiiForeword to the New Edition by Valerie J. Hoffman xiiiForeword to the Original Edition by Edward E. Evans-Pritchard xixIntroduction 1I Moulids: Their Origin and Objects 27II Moulids: Their Place, Times and Seasons 35III Moulids: Their Devotional Side 49IV Moulids: Their Secular Side 69V Moulids: Their Individual Features 91Envoi 311Post Scriptum 315Glossary 321Editor's Life of Author 333Editor's Acknowledgements 373Sources of Illustrations 375