Dewaniya
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Dewaniya
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The dewaniya or diwaniya was the reception area where a Middle Eastern man received his business colleagues and male guests. Today the term refers both to a reception hall and the gathering held in it, and visiting or hosting a dewaniya is an important feature in the culture of Eastern Arabia. The word is first attested in Sumerian as dub, found in clay tablet. It is comparable to the diwan-khane of Persian households, and derives from the word divan, meaning a formal council room in Persian and
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Reception area or hall in a Middle Eastern home
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewaniya
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2024-03-08T21:41:56Z
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