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The Fellahin of Egypt are indigenous rural villagers mostly living in Upper, Middle and Lower Egypt along the Nile valley.  They are believed to be among the oldest farmers on earth whose highly productive agriculture, characterized by total reliance on irrigation and intensive labor, contributed to the rise of the ancient Egyptian civilization. They live in compact villages with walls constructed of stones or sun-dried bricks.  Traditional houses are rectangular in shape, with flat roofs of wooden beams and earth. Prior to Egypt's 1952 land reform legislation, which subsequently redistributed land to the landless, the Fellahin were mostly tenants and agricultural laborers.

Growing up in an Egyptian village

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The Fellaheen

The fellāhīn of Upper Egypt

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Spirit mediumship in Upper Egypt

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Author	Title	Publication Date
'Ammār, Ḥāmid	Growing up in an Egyptian village	1954
Adem, Teferi Abate	Culture summary	2011
Ayrout, Henry Habib	The Fellaheen	1945
Blackman, Winifred S. (Winifred Susan)	The fellāhīn of Upper Egypt	1927
Blackman, Winifred S. (Winifred Susan)	The Karīn and Karīneh	1926
Bush, Ray	Politics, power and poverty	2007
Hopkins, Nicholas S.	Spirit mediumship in Upper Egypt	2007
Klunzinger, C. B.	Upper Egypt	1878
Rasoul, Kawthar Abdel	Zar in Egypt	1955

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