10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DAHABIYA»
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Guide to Egypt and the Sudan: including a description of the ...
Voyage. by. Dahabiya. Voyage. by. Steamer. journey. by. train . Page . 96 . 96 .
97 TRAVELLERS ascending the Nile and intending to visit the monuments must
provide themselves with "Antiquities Tickets." The P.T. 120, i.e. about £1, 5s., paid
...
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A Handbook of for Egypt and the Sudan
In securing the services of a .reliable dragoman tho travoller has no more trouble
— beyoud that of choosing his own dahabiya — than ho would incur in arranging
through an agency, and has the advantage of being quite independent, ...
Harry Reginald Hall,
1907
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Guide to Palestine and Egypt
Voyage by Dahabiya Voyage by Steamer Journey by Train . TRAVELLERS
ascending the Nile and intending to visitthe monuments must provide themselves
with "Antiquities Tickets." The P.T. 100, i.e. £1, 0s. 6d., paid for this is a
Government ...
4
Guide to Egypt and the Sûdân: Including a description of the ...
Voyage by Dahabiya Voyage by Steamer Journey by Train . Page . 96 97
TRAVELLERS ascending the Nile and intending to visit the monuments must
provide themselves with "Antiquities Tickets." The P.T. 120, i.e. about £1, 5s., paid
for this is ...
Macmillan, publishers, London,
1905
5
On the State of Egypt: What Caused the Revolution
Hebought smart and expensive clothes and sat in his dahabiya as it glided
across the water. The man who owned the land he worked on, an arrogant and
cruel hearted man, saw him and ordered his workers to storm the dahabiya and
arrest ...
6
Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great ...
But, making the best of things, he told the explorers brightly that he had come '
expressly to look after [them]' by placing at their disposal a mass of trade goods,
over forty men, camels, donkeys, a dahabiya (a ninety-foot Nile pleasure-boat)
and ...
7
The Rough Guide to Egypt
Assouan,ElNil, Meröeand Melouka nourelnil.com. At 52m, Meröeisthelargest
dahabiya onthe Nile, with ten spaciouscabins and a huge suite. Melouka's six
cabins arealsoon the generous size, whileElNil has roomfortwentypassengers,
andthe ...
Dan Richardson, Daniel Jacobs,
2013
Lastly (though it had, in truth, been the first thing I'd noticed), were the dahabiya's
demon defenses. All the windows were equipped with heavy metal shutters, the
kind that shut and lock with one pull. The upper uncovered sundeck was ...
9
Traveling Through Egypt: From 450 B.C. to the Twentieth Century
Dahabiya,. 1873. Amelia. Edwards. A dahabeeyah, at the first glance, is more like
a civic or an Oxford University barge than anything in the shape of a boat with
which we in England are familiar. It is shallow and flat-bottomed, and is adapted ...
Deborah Manley, Sahar Abdel-Hakim,
2008
10
Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendium
Now, with this monumental volume of Egyptian culture, history, and arcania, readers will be able to immerse themselves in the great lady's world more completely than ever before.
Elizabeth Peters, Kristen Whitbread,
2003
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DAHABIYA»
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Sailing holidays: readers' tips, advice and recommendations
We travelled from Luxor to Aswan by dahabiya – an elegant, refurbished sailing boat with six berths. The boat tied up against privately owned ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
With A and K four degrees of Nile luxury
Consequently, in 2010, Sanctuary launched the Sanctuary Zein Nile Chateau, a dahabiya, or traditional Egyptian sailboat with no motor, which ... «Travel Weekly, Nov 14»
The Nile by Toby Wilkinson, review
Or that 19th-century tourists like Florence Nightingale commonly scuttled their hired dahabiya boats to get rid of the “rats, snakes and other ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 14»
The Nile: Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present by Toby …
Wilkinson boards a dahabiya, a large, luxurious sailing boat that harks back to the royal barges of pharaohs, to float downriver, telling stories of ... «The Guardian, Feb 14»
Nile cruises: the river where time stands still
Little wonder: from the deck of a dahabiya, as a never-ending tableau ... My dahabiya circles for hours while we wait our turn to pass through. «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 14»
What really happened when a U.S. drone hit a Yemeni wedding …
'Whatever we do, they will never look at us as human beings,' said Dahabiya, the elderly mother of one victim, a cousin of the groom, who left a ... «Al Jazeera America, Jan 14»
Egypt: Mass Attacks on Churches
An employee of a neighboring boat restaurant, Al-Dahabiya, told Human Rights Watch that at 11 a.m. he heard a commotion at the Mermaid ... «Human Rights Watch, Aug 13»
Fifty great cultural tours for 2013
You sail from Luxor to Aswan on the Nile Lily, a replica of a 19th-century dahabiya, combining period furnishings with modern bathrooms and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 13»
Luxor: Rediscover Egypt's jewel of the Nile
For a more glamorous splash of a bygone era, try the recently revived dahabiya cruises. These beautifully crafted, elegant sailboats offer a Nile ... «Daily News Egypt, Oct 12»
Travel Deals: By sea or land, find serenity on a nature-centric holiday
Sail the waterways between Luxor and Aswan aboard a beautifully crafted dahabiya - and minus the crowds - with this seven-night Egypt tour ... «The National, Mar 12»