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A Disappearing Bathhouse Culture
by Pascal Meunier, May Telmissany, Eve Gandossi
American University in Cairo Press
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In the twelfth century, Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi affirmed that the Egyptian baths were "the most beautiful in the East, the most practical, and the best located." Nine centuries later, forgotten by the country's restoration campaign, Cairo's few remaining steam baths are drowning in general indifference.
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