A Roving Eye: Head to Toe in Egyptian Arabic Expressions Islamic Architecture First published in 1903

First published in 1903

resonant work

and about the price of loyalty

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A Roving Eye: Head to Toe in Egyptian Arabic Expressions Islamic Architecture First published in 1903Mona Ateek, Mona Kamel Hassan, Trevor Naylor, Marian Sarofim No matter where we come from, we all have our unique local expressions and proverbs that raise confused eyebrows when translated literally. These phrases usually carry humor and wisdom at their core, but are only fully understood in their native language. A Roving Eye explores some of these phrases and sayings from one of the world's most expressive tongues, Egyptian Arabic, the most widely