Gypsies in Contemporary Egypt: On the Peripheries of Society Middle East a master pastry chef on

a master pastry chef on the lookout for a good Rum wife

but his personal vulnerability is soon revealed by a family crisis back home in al-Qanatir

and was a recipient of the Constantine Cavafy Prize for Literature and the prestigious Owais Prize for Fiction

the mystical tradition of Islam

Gypsies in Contemporary Egypt: On the Peripheries of Society Middle East a master pastry chef onAlexandra ParrsLittle is known about Egypts Gypsies, called Dom by scholars, but variously referred to by Egyptians as Ghagar, Nawar, Halebi, or Hanagra, depending on their location. Moreover, most Egyptians are oblivious to the fact that there are today large numbers of Gypsies dispersed from the outskirts of villages in Upper Egypt to impoverished neighborhoods in Cairo and Alexandria. In Gypsies in Contemporary Egypt sociologist Alexandra Parrs