A compilation and translation of Arabic proverbs by the Swiss traveler Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784-1817). In addition to visits to Cairo, Damascus, Lebanon and other points in the Middle East, he was one of the few European's to venture to Mecca. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Arabic Proverbs and the Manners and Customs of Modern Egyptians (John Lewis Burckhardt)