Author: Susan Biddle. This post is the third of four looking at water, and focuses on its management and distribution, from the Nag Hammadi dam…
Author: Susan Biddle. This post is the second of four relating to water. The first in the series focused on personal washing arrangements. This second…
Author: Susan Biddle. During the 1930s air travel moved from being the preserve of pioneering aviators and the rich to scheduled air services within the…
Author: Susan Biddle. This post in the second of two looking at Myrtle Broome’s enjoyment of music, particularly musical entertainment provided by Egyptian musicians in…
Author: Susan Biddle. This is one of a series about Myrtle Broome’s experience of learning Arabic. This post is the second of two looking at…
Author: Susan Biddle. This post looks at how George V’s Silver Jubilee in 1935 was celebrated by Myrtle Broome in Jerusalem and by her parents…