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Title
Mohammedan festivals
Alternative Title
Their great numbers and their odd observance; the rising of the Nile
Creator
Scripps, Ellen Browning, 1836-1932
Date Created and/or Issued
1883-06-21
Publication Information
The Detroit Evening News
Ella Strong Denison Library; Claremont Colleges Digital Library
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Ellen Browning Scripps 1836-1932, Journalist, Humanitarian, Educator
Rights Information
For more information on copyright or permissions, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://www.scrippscollege.edu/denison/
Description
Correspondence for the Detroit Evening News. Ellen Browning Scripps decribes religious and other festivals in Egypt, including dervishes, trances, and fireworks. She also writes about the annual flooding of the Nile river.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
ebs00091
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll3/id/797
Language
English
Subject
Islam - Customs and Practices
Festivals - Egypt
Dervishes
Floods
Tourism
Place
Cairo (Egypt)
Source
Ellen Browning Scripps Collection, Detroit Evening News Travel Letters 81-99, Drawer 24, Folder 17
Relation
Travel letters
Ellen Browning Scripps 1836-1932, Journalist, Humanitarian, Educator - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll3

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