Table of Contents

Contents
Editor's Comments on the Text viii
List of Illustrations ix
List of Maps xi
Editor's Note on Map Section xii
Foreword to the New Edition by Valerie J. Hoffman xiii
Foreword to the Original Edition by Edward E. Evans-Pritchard xix
Introduction 1
I Moulids: Their Origin and Objects 27
II Moulids: Their Place, Times and Seasons 35
III Moulids: Their Devotional Side 49
IV Moulids: Their Secular Side 69
V Moulids: Their Individual Features 91
Envoi 311
Post Scriptum 315
Glossary 321
Editor's Life of Author 333
Editor's Acknowledgements 373
Sources of Illustrations 375

About the Author

J. W. McPherson lived in Egypt for 45 years, working as a teacher before the First World War, then serving with the Red
Cross 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 investigating
political 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.

Reviews

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