‘A clean heart likes clean clothes': cleanliness customs and conversion in Egypt (1900-1956)

The topic of personal hygiene and domestic cleanliness occupied Protestant missionaries working in Egypt during the first half of the twentieth century. Remarks on hygiene can be found not only in writings published for the interested public but also in personal documents such as diaries. This artic...

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Main Author: Boulos, Samir 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge [2010]
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2010, Volume: 21, Issue: 4, Pages: 315-330
Further subjects:B Christian Mission
B Egypt
B Gender
B Hygiene
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