Newsletter, Number 37 (February, I960)
Winter has settled on Cairo now, and the days have grown cool enough to require a light overcoat in the evenings. The sky is frequently overcast, and a few modest showers have fallen since I last wrote. The country people go about with their heads swathed in long brown scarves, in obedience to a the...
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| الملخص: | Winter has settled on Cairo now, and the days have grown cool enough to require a light overcoat in the evenings. The sky is frequently overcast, and a few modest showers have fallen since I last wrote. The country people go about with their heads swathed in long brown scarves, in obedience to a theory that if you keep your head warm, the rest of the body doesn’t matter much. With the approach of Christmas, the more fashionable shops in Cairo have suddenly burgeoned forth with wreaths, figures of Santa Claus (all rather emaciated to an American eye unaccustomed to the more austere European tradition), and even Christmas trees. These last are usually artificial since Egypt is naturally short of the real thing. Some people use young tamarisks or branches of tamarisk arranged on an artificial trunk. The result is a very attractive substitute in silvery green. |
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