Rifā‘a Rāfi‘ al-Tahtāwī (Arab discovery of European sociability) [ Travel / Translation, Dissemination & Reception ]
… culture on modern European civilization. People > Travel Practices > Translation, Dissemination & Reception Mots-clés Dress Europe France Theatre Travel The encounter between East and West from the beginning of the nineteenth century … hygiene of the French people and highlighting the care given to personal cleanliness : ʻThe dominant feature about their dress is not the ornamentation but the extreme cleanliness. One of their best customs is that they wear a chemise, … to conventional social and cultural models, including clothing: ʻIt is known in our country that the Frankish head-dress is the hat, that their footwear generally consists of black shoes or mocassins and that they usually dress in black …
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