Living with Djinns: Understanding and Dealing with the Invisible in Cairo

Drieskens, Barbara

ISBN 10: 0863566952 / ISBN 13: 9780863566950

Published by Saqi Books, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Living with Djinns: Understanding and Dealing with the Invisible in Cairo
• Publisher: Saqi Books
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0863566952
• ISBN 13: 9780863566950
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very good

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Synopsis

The djinn is an invisible spirit with a will of its own that may lurk at the bottom of your teacup or seep through your pores to possess you. Djinns have long been an explanation for illness and misfortune or an excuse for unconventional behavior.

Barbara Drieskens investigates possession, manifestations, and concepts of person and space. She also explores the importance of storytelling in Egyptian society and recounts first-hand experiences of djinns in this unique ethnographic study.

Barbara Drieskens is a researcher at the Institut Français du Proche-Orient in Beirut, Lebanon.

About the Author

Barbara Drieskens is a researcher at the Institut Français du Proche-Orient in Beirut. She is also the author of Cities of the South: Citizenship and Exclusion in the 21st Century (Saqi), and What happened? Stories about Law in Muslim Societies (I.B. Tauris).