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Tales of Juha : classic Arab folk humor / edited by Salma Khadra Jayyusi ; translated by Matthew Sorenson, Faisal Khadra, and Christopher Tingley ; introduction by Said Yaqtine.
Van Pelt Library PN6231.N27 T25 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nasreddin, Hoca, active 13th century.
- Arabic wit and humor--Translations into English.
- Arabic wit and humor.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 144 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Northampton, Mass. : Interlink Books, 2007.
- Summary:
- Juha is an old Arab comic literary figure around whom countless anecdotes were written. He appears variously as preacher and beggar, thief and honest man, judge and social critic, Jester and charlatan. While the subject matter is Arab or otherwise Islamic, the humor transcends national and cultural boundaries.
- ISBN:
- 156656641X
- OCLC:
- 69013122
- Publisher Number:
- 9781566566414
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