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Alme

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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or Almai (from Vim, wise, learned), the name of a class of singing girls in Egypt who are present at festivals and entertainments, and act as hired mourners at funerals. They are to be distinguished from the ghawazee, or dancing girls, who perform in the public streets and are of a lower order.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Alme'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/alme.html. 1910.
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