Egypt: A sketch by Edward W. Lane depicting a scene from the Khan al-Khalili bazaar in Cairo. Lane included himself (far left, with shisha pipe) in the drawing.

Edward William Lane (1801-76) was a British Orientalist, translator and Arabic scholar who lived in Ottoman Cairo from 1825-28. So fascinated was he with Egypt, he dressed as an Ottoman Turk and spent much time sketching the backstreets of Cairo. Upon his return to England he translated the novel ‘Arabian Nights’ [‘1001 nights’] and ‘Selections from the Qur’an’.

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