Thread: MobileRead September 2012 Discussion: A Thousand Miles Up the Nile / Amelia Edwards (spoilers)
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Old 09-25-2012, 09:28 AM   #15
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Bah, humbug!
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I was surprised at the book's description of Dervishes as "howling dervishes". Whirling Dervishes I've heard, so-called because of the ecstatic dances performed by these Sufi ascetics, but never heard them described as howling.
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