A Comprehensive Study Of Egyptian Arabic V 1

Volume One. Conversations, Cultural Texts and Sociolinguistic Notes, 1978 (Second Edition) aims at acquainting the student with the people of Egypt - how they live, act and react on happy and unhappy occasions, how they relate to each other in their daily lives, how they spend their leisure time, etc. - through conver- sations and cultural notes. It also presents glimpses of the v history of Egypt and its role in the evolution of human civili- zation. The 50 cultural texts of Volume One also shed some light on the Egyptian personality : humor, folk literature, craftsman- ship, etc.