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El Sebou' : Egyptian birth ritual / written, narrated, and directed by Fadwa El Guindi.

Format Video (Streaming) and Electronic
Publication InfoWatertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, 2006.
Description1 streaming video (27 min.)
Supplemental Content Access restricted to subscribers
Subject(s)
Birth customs--Egypt.
Egyptians--Rites and ceremonies.
Other author/creatorEl Guindi, Fadwa, director, narrator, author.
Other author/creatorDocumentary Educational Resources (Firm), distributor.
Other author/creatorEl Nil Research (Firm), producer.
Other author/creatorGeorge Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
Other author/creatorSmithsonian Institution. Office of Folklife Programs, producer.
Variant title Sebou'
Portion of title Egyptian birth ritual
Abstract Portrays the Egyptian initiation of newborns on their seventh day of life.
General noteCo-sponsored by the Office of Folklife Programs, Smithsonian Institution.
Date/time/place of a event noteOriginally published as VHS tape by El Nil Research, Los Angeles, CA., 1986.
LanguageNarration in English; some spoken Arabic with English subtitles.

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