First World War Photograph Showing an Egyptian Man Smoking a Hookah or 'Shisha' Pipe
c. 1915Black and white photograph of a local Egyptian man smoking a 'Hooka pipe' in the street of Cairo. He is sitting against of brick wall and has a large woven basket next to him on the right and there is another person sitting far left, dressed in white clothing.
This series of black & white photographs was collected by Private Eric Sydney BANNISTER, regimental number 19. He joined the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (ANMEF) on the 11th August 1914, just a week after war was declared on Germany. The mission of the ANMEF was to destroy German radio stations and occupy German New Guinea and surrounding areas. The ANMEF secured military occupation on the 13th September 1914. The photographs are from two areas of Australian military deployment during the First World War. Ten (10) are from a deployment to German colony of New Guinea in 1914 and another eighty (80) from Cairo dated 1915 and 1916.The photographs of his deployment are of national significance and show one of Australia’s first military action in the First World War.
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Handwritten in black ink on back "Hooka - native pepi - / smoking in the street".
This photograph shows an Egyptian man smoking a 'Hookah pipe' in the street of Cairo. The Hookah pipe, also known as 'Shisha' was a fundamental part of Egyptian culture, and is still a very social past time with many 'Shisha Cafes' spread across Egypt.
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