This richly textured social history recovers the voices and experiences of poor Egyptians--beggars, foundlings, the sick and maimed--giving them a history for the first time. As Mine Ener tells their
This richly textured social history recovers the voices and experiences of poor Egyptians--beggars, foundlings, the sick and maimed--giving them a history for the first time. As Mine Ener tells their
Fifteen essays explore the ideals and institutions through which Middle Eastern societies have confronted poverty and the poor, from the rise of Islam in the 7th century C.E. to the present day. Contr
