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Seeing Egypt and
. the Near East Today
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By William C. Cakl
(Organist of the First Presbyterian
Church of New York)
Can you imagine anything so
alluring as to sit on the Terrace
at Shepheartf’s Hotel in Cairo, and
watch the streams of Arabs,
Bedouins, dervishes, Hindus,
si.- Soudanese, Turks, Armenians,
Abyssinians, Greeks, Syrians, all
in native dress together with peo
ple from every nook and corner
of the world? Then, there are
the fakers writh their wares to
sell!—across the street a monkey
dances—then, a procession ad
vances—it is a moslem returning
. « from his pilgrimage to Mecca, re
quiring many days on a camel and
now insuring his entrance into
Paradise, because of the trip.
There aTe many in the procession,
flowers, etc. Sometimes, several
camels to add to it all. There is
an endless variety, and all in a
blaze of light, for the night be
gins late in Cairo.
We dined in wonderful gardens
with a balmy breeze amongst the
palm trees, and no one hurried.
Cairo is beautiful. It was a balm
after the long trip although the
weather was always kind. We
were impressed with the sublime
grandeur of the Pyramids and the
Sphinx. I was loath to leave the
desert. It has many charms.
The great tombs, with their slabs
of alabaster! The dragoman will
hold the taper behind one so their
' beauty can"be seen. Coming back
in the late afternoon we drove
through the park on the banks of
the Nile, radiant with the setting
sun, and filled with people for it
was a Sunday afternoon. We
passed the Scribes seated at small
tables in the public square.
Ninety-five per cent, of the popu
lation is uneducated, and the!
majority can neither read nor
write. Consequently these gentle- j
men are kept busy and for a few1
pennies will write a letter in al- j
most any language.
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The Mosquesy in Cairo excel al
others on the trip, and are ever
finer than the great St. Sophia «
Constantinople which is going
some. Then, the relics from King
Tut’s tomb from Luxor, now ir
the Musee are gorgeous. The pic
' tures give no idea of their mag
nificence and beauty. The Musee
itself is a wealth of wonderful
things. Of course everyone goes
to the Bazaars. Little narrow
streets with the booths on both
sides. Sometimes it takes hours
to strike and. complete a bargain
with these orientals, and then he
always gets the best of®it! The
goldsmith’s street is so narrow,
scarcely two persons can pass on
foot. I drove to Sakkara to get
a glimpse of the.Pyramid in steps
—then Memphis with the great
statues of Rameses II, afterward
on to Heliopolis where a Muezzin
was giving the call to prayer high'
upon a Minaret. I waited to hear
him as his voice was very musical
a*id the chant resembled the Gre
gorian. This call is given five
times daily at every Mosque where
the Mohammedan religion pre
vails. We saw the tree’ under
which the Holy Family remained
three months while during the
flight into Egpt, and also the
locality where Moses was found ini
the rushes by Phar&oh’s daughter.
At the Musee we saw tjie mummy
of her father. These few inci
dents will give a little idea of the
city, which must include a sail
up the Nile which was charming.
One of the boatmen played on his
native drum in perfect rhythm,
another danced, and our drago
man sang. All with great dig
nity. It was with reluctance that
anyone bade adieu, to this great
oriental city of such beauty and
charm. The Nile Valley is fertile
and productive. On the trip by
train to Alexandria, we could see
it well. There we saw Pompey’s
Pillar, one of the Seven Wonders
of, the World.
’Damascus, although quite dif
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. The street called Straight pre
sents a sight such as one sees no
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' throughfare of Bible-days, filled
with a continuous procession
of camels, donkeys, sheep, goats,
dogs and people of every kind and
condition. On either side are the
bazaars where the bargaining is
continuous. One never knows
when the bottom price is reached.
A dollar bill, however,' will often
do the trick! The . house of
Ananias is nearby, and a drive
outside the gates along the city
wall shows the place where St.
Paul was let down in a basket to
save his life. Not far from this
is the house of Naaman the
Prophet. The "veiled women were
asking, for “backsheesh” (money)
as we entered the great Mosque
where the dust of St. John the
■Baptist is kept. Many of these
poor women now discarded from
the harems which no longer exist,
seem to find it difficult to live as
previously. The living conditions
in oriental cities are not to be en
vied.
Mohammed refused to enter
Damascus. He argued that as the
city was a paradise on earth,
should he go there he could never
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enter the greater paradise above
so returned to his former abode.
On the long trip over the Great
Desert we saw thousands of sheep
with their shepherds. The great
caravans of camels were of un
ending interest. These poor beasts
are the only means of conveying
merchandise, and are utilized the
I same as our great express com
j panies here. We had glimpses of
! Tiberias, Nazareth, the Dead Sea,
: the River Jordan, . Mt. Carmel,
Heifa, Jaffa and the Sea of
I Galilee in which I washed my
hands. Jerusalem was wonder
ful. In the Church jof the St.
Sepulchre, the Greeks were hold
ing a service. The Temple gongs
were the most- musical I have
heard. We entered the Snost
sacred place in the world, holding
Omar is magnificent, standing as
it does on the site of Solomon’s
Temple with the Mount of Olives
and the Garden of Gethsemane in
lighted tapers. The Mosque of
full view.
We visited Hhe Wailing Wall of
the Jews, the Via Dolorosa, Solo
mon’s Quarries where the Knight
Templars of our party held a
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the trip to this quiet and peaceful
spot was a joy. There is still
much color and oriental splendor
preserved throughout the Near
East, and Egypt today, for a large
part of the population hold to old
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a company of Girl Scouts and
finally a band of boys who played
remarkably well. As these happy
Armenian children, refugees as
they were, marched waving the
Stars and Stripes and singing our
National Anthem, it was an ex
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bright as we sped away to regain
the good ship Tuscania which was
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