Tag: SOUK
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01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 19
Charles Wilda, 1854 – 1907, GERMAN A SOUK IN CAIRO, c. 1887 Oil on panel 63 by 47cm., 25 by 18½in. Private collection Open air markets in Old Cairo are called a “souk” in Arabic. You’ll find these types of markets in all Middle Eastern countries. The tradition of buying and selling, haggling and bargaining among the crowds…