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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 713 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ALME or ALMAI (from 4lim,

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wise, learned), the name of a class of singing girls in

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EGYPT

Egypt who are

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PRESENT

present at festivals and entertainments, and

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ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

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

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LOWER

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