fellah:
(also with the spelling ‘fallah’; plural: ‘fellahs‘, ‘fellahin‘ or ‘fellaheen‘)
a peasant or agricultural labourer (worker) in Arab countries, such as Syria, Egypt, etc.,
an Egyptian fellah
An Egyptian fellah is known to work hard and live in sustenance, and his methods of farming are the as the methods used by his ancestors some three thousand years ago!
Fellahin live not only in the rural Egypt but also in several Arab countries.
There is a kind of music with the name Music of the Fellahin which westerners love to listen to and use in their own western music tunes.
modern day fellahin at work
for an article on Egyptian fellahin, please click here,
for an article on the fellahin of Palestine, please click here
and
for an article about fellahin of Arab countries, please click here.
