Egypt : The People
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Approximately 32,500,000 people live in Egypt. Peasant farmers called
fellahin make up over 60 percent of the population. But less than 4 percent of
Egypt's land is suitable for farming. Before the leaders of the 1952 revolution
introduced land reform, less than 2 percent of the landowners owned ....
Middle of paper
.... the water buffalo, cow, or ox
that helps him with the heavy farm work. The water buffalo or ox draws the plow,
turns the waterwheel, and pulls the nowraj. The nowraj is a wooden platform
mounted on four or five iron disks. The sharpened edges of the disks crush the
stalks of wheat so that the grain can be separated from the chaff. The water
buffalo or cow also supplies the fellah's family with milk and with calves that
can be sold. Very often the fellah shares his house with his animals. ....
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