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Hemalees

Hemalees.jpg The Slipper Bazaar, Cairo, January 22, 1898ThumbnailsThe HucksterThe Slipper Bazaar, Cairo, January 22, 1898ThumbnailsThe HucksterThe Slipper Bazaar, Cairo, January 22, 1898ThumbnailsThe HucksterThe Slipper Bazaar, Cairo, January 22, 1898ThumbnailsThe Huckster

The hemalee carries, upon his back, a vessel (called “ibreek”) of porous grey earth. This vessel cools the water. Sometimes the hemalee has an earthen kulleh of water scented with “móyet zahr” (or orange-flower-water), prepared from the flowers of the “náring” (a bitter orange), for his best customers; and often a sprig of náring is stuck in the mouth of his ibreek.