Rifā‘a Rāfi‘ al-Tahtāwī (Arab discovery of European sociability) [ Travel / Translation, Dissemination & Reception ]
… is entirely devoid of even the slightest whiff of debauchery.ʼ (al-Tahtawi, An Imam in Paris , 234) Then he described public feasts, such as the one called al-Karnawāl (the Carnival), during which people could masquerade and disguise … and homes. In Paris al-Tahtāwī discovered other places of entertainment where the French could socialise, i.e. the huge public parks, the many cafés and the risturātūrāt (restaurants), where everybody, including lovers and eminent members of …
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