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Paperback Bedouin Bishah Justice: Ordeal by Fire Book
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ISBN: 1845195655

ISBN13: 9781845195656

Bedouin Bishah Justice: Ordeal by Fire

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Trials by ordeal, a judicial practice in which the guilt or innocence of the accused is determined by subjecting them to a painful task, have taken place from ancient Mesopotamia until the present day. This volume focuses on a special type of ordeal by fire called the bishah ceremony, which originated in Bedouin societies and continues to be practiced in Egypt today. In Bedouin and Arab rural societies, when somebody suspects another person of theft,...

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