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Middle Eastern Dance Periodical BENNU
BENNU Vol 5#3 (Ottoman) Hareem Myths and the House of Felicity
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HAREEM MYTHS AND THE HOUSE OF FELICITY
by Gamila El Masri
Tracing the illusions of harem life through Western accounts such
as the letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and the interpretations
by artists such as Ingres (La Bain du Turk).
SULTAN AHMED III - REIGN OF PEACE AND BEAUTY
Excerpt from "The Ottoman Centuries"
by Lord Kinross
Sultan Ahmed III created many spectacular places of beauty; it was he who built marble canals, the secluded waterways for the private excursions of the harem
WOMEN OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Life for women of the harem from birth to death.
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