Antoine Malliarakis Mayo, YOUNG FELLAH, 02 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 24

Fellah, plural Fellaheen, is a farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa. The word derives from the Arabic word for “ploughman” or “tiller”.

Due to a continuity in beliefs and lifestyle, the fellahin of Egypt have been described as the “true Egyptians”.

A fellah could be seen wearing a simple Egyptian cotton robe called galabieh. The word Galabieh originated around 1715–25 and derived from the Egyptian slang word gallabīyah.

Comprising 60% of the Egyptian population, the fellahin lead humble lives and continue to live in mud-brick houses like their ancient ancestors. In 1927, anthropologist Winifred Blackman, author of The Fellahin of Upper Egypt, conducted ethnographic research on the life of Upper Egyptian farmers and concluded that there were observable continuities between the cultural and religious beliefs and practices of the fellahin and those of ancient Egyptians. More on the Fellah

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