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Showing posts with label Arabic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arabic. Show all posts
November 24, 2023

#08-361: The 1,001 Nights

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Scheherazade and Shahryar by Ferdinand Keller, 1880 ( Wikipedia ) Note: This amazing collection is like a library unto itself; some tales ...
May 04, 2023

#08-307: Shahmaran, Queen of the Snakes

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The Shahmaran ( Wikimedia ) Note: I am always delighted to find a story well-known in another culture but almost unknown in mine. Shahmar...
April 06, 2022

#08-200: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

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The thieves kill Kasim ( Wikipedia ) Note: Once again the kind man prospers and the selfish one dies, in this famous tale from the 1001 N...
January 04, 2022

#08-174: The Seven Voyages of Sinbad, Part II

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Sinbad escapes down a stream on a raft ( Wikipedia ) Note: We continue with the ever more incredible adventures of the doughty Sinbad. ...
January 03, 2022

#08-173: The Seven Voyages of Sinbad, Part I

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The man-eating giant ( Wikipedia ) Note: The adventures of Sinbad were probably drawn from many sources, including Homer's Odyssey. ...
February 04, 2021

#08-045: Tales of Nasruddin

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Mullah Nasruddin ( Wikipedia ) Note:  From Turkey to Western China, he is called by many names: Nasreddin (with many spellings, including ...
January 18, 2021

#08-037: The Man Who Never Laughed Again

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Scheherazade tells Shahryār one of her tales in The 1001 Nights ( Wikipedia ) Note: My favorite story from the 1001 Nights (also called ...
December 07, 2020

#08-019: The "Real" Aladdin

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"New lamps for old!" ( Wikipedia ) Note:  Most of us have enjoyed watching Disney's Aladdin , whether the animated or live-a...