Vocab Entry: Feddan

Feddan: a unit of land, approximately 1.038 acres. When Egypt adopted the metric system, the feddan was the only old unit that remained legal.

In Zaat this appears throughout Chapter 12, one example on page 193 "Locusts destroy 600 feddans in five governorates."

"Feddan." Sizes: The Online Quantinary. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2014.