Tag: almée

Frederick Arthur Bridgman, 1847 – 1928, AMERICAN Almeh Flirting With An Armenian Policeman in Cairo Oil on canvas  55.5 cm (21.85 in.), Width: 46 cm (18.11 in.) Private collection Almeh (Egyptian Arabic) was the name of a class of courtesans or female entertainers in Arab Egypt, women educated to sing and recite classical poetry and to discourse wittily,…