Photo de couvertureâ : Calligraphie géante dans le quartier du Muqaá¹á¹am par lâartiste eL Seed, photo Natalia Duque, 2016.
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Names: Du Roy, GaeÌtan, author.
Title: Les zabbaÌliÌn du Muqattam : ethnohistoire dâune heÌteÌrotopie au Caire (979-2021) / par GaeÌtan du Roy.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022. | Series: Christians and Jews in Muslim societies, 2212-5523 ; vol. 6 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021060686 (print) | LCCN 2021060687 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004420151 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004506008 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: MadiÌnat al-MuqatÌ£tÌ£am (Cairo, Egypt) | RagpickersâEgyptâCairo. | Squatter settlementsâEgyptâCairo. | PoorâEmploymentâEgyptâCairo.
Classification: LCC DT150.5.M87 D87 2022 (print) | LCC DT150.5.M87 (ebook) | DDC 962/.16âdc23/eng/20220128
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ISSN 2212-5523
ISBN 978-90-04-42015-1 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-50600-8 (e-book)
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