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The Folktales of Palestine

The Folktales of Palestine
Author: Farah Aboubakr
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2019-03-21
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1786725797

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Folktales are instrumental in ensuring the survival of oral traditions and strengthening communal bonds. Both the stories and the process of storytelling itself help to define social, cultural and political identity. For Palestinians, the threat of losing their heritage has engendered a sense of urgency among storytellers and Palestinian folklorists. Yet there has been remarkably little academic scholarship dedicated to the tradition. Farah Aboubakr here analyses a selection of folktales edited, compiled and translated by Ibrahim Muhawi and Sharif Kanaana in Speak, Bird, Speak Again (1989). In addition to the folktales themselves, Muhawi and Kanaana's collection is renowned for providing readers with extensive folkloric, historical and anthropological annotations. Here, for the first time, the folktales and the compilers' work on them, are the subject of scholarly analysis. Synthesising various disciplines including memory studies, gender studies and social movement studies, Aboubakr uses the collection to understand the politics of storytelling and its impact on Palestinian identity. In particular, the book draws attention to the female storytellers who play an essential role in transmitting and preserving collective memory and culture. The book is an important step towards analysing a significant genre of Palestinian literature and will be relevant to scholars of Palestinian politics and popular culture, gender studies and memory studies, and those interested in folklore and oral literature.


Speak, Bird, Speak Again

Speak, Bird, Speak Again
Author: Ibrahim Muhawi
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 443
Release: 1989-02-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0520062922

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A collection of Palestinian Arab folktales which reflect the culture and highlights the role of women in the society.


Arab Folktales from Palestine and Israel

Arab Folktales from Palestine and Israel
Author:
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780814327104

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Arab Folktales from Palestine and Israel is a collection of twenty-eight tales with insight into the Arab culture by Raphael Patai.


Ghaddar the Ghoul and Other Palestinian Stories

Ghaddar the Ghoul and Other Palestinian Stories
Author:
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Bks
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-02-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781845077716

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Why do snakes eat frogs? What makes a man-eating ghoul turn vegetarian? And how can a woman make a bored prince smile? The answers to these and many other questions can be found in this delicious anthology of Palestinian folk tales collected and retold by Sonia Nimr. A wry sense of humour runs through the characterful women, genial tricksters and mischievous animals who make an appearance. Sonia's upbeat storytelling, bubbling with wit and humour, will delight readers discovering for the first time the rich tradition of Palestinian storytelling.


Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur!

Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur!
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Publisher: Two Lions
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Folklore
ISBN: 9780761463122

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Originally published in 2006 by Marshall Cavendish Children.


Pearls on a Branch

Pearls on a Branch
Author: Najla Jraissaty Khoury
Publisher: Archipelago
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2018-03-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0914671898

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A collection of 30 traditional Syrian and Lebanese folktales infused with new life by Lebanese women, collected by Najla Khoury. While civil war raged in Lebanon, Najla Khoury traveled with a theater troupe, putting on shows in marginal areas where electricity was a luxury, in air raid shelters, Palestinian refugee camps, and isolated villages. Their plays were largely based on oral tales, and she combed the country in search of stories. Many years later, she chose one hundred stories from among the most popular and published them in Arabic in 2014, exactly as she received them, from the mouths of the storytellers who told them as they had heard them when they were children from their parents and grandparents. Out of the hundred stories published in Arabic, Inea Bushnaq and Najla Khoury chose thirty for this book.


Arab Folktales

Arab Folktales
Author: Inea Bushnaq
Publisher:
Total Pages: 486
Release: 1987
Genre: Tales
ISBN:

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Folk-lore of the Holy Land

Folk-lore of the Holy Land
Author: James Edward Hanauer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 358
Release: 1907
Genre: Folklore
ISBN:

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Folktales of Joha, Jewish Trickster

Folktales of Joha, Jewish Trickster
Author: Matilda Ko‚n-Sarano
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0827610149

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"Joha has Janus's double face: On the one hand, he is innocent and stupid; on the other, a trickster. He is a cheater and is cheated. He sets traps for others and falls into traps himself; he is simpleton and liar, victimizer and victim. But as a literary figure he never dies. The nearly 300 stories in this lovely volume are from Sephardic oral literature and ethnic culture. They were told to Matilda Kon-Sarano in their original language, Judeo-Spanish (Ladino), and documented over 21 years. From 17 countries, including the United States, they come together in this first-ever collection of Joha stories to appear in English. Known in some places as Ladino, Judeo-Spanish is a living remnant of the Spanish spoken by the Spanish Jews at the end of the 15th century. Matilda Kon-Sarano, born to a Sephardic family, has devoted her life to the conservation and revitalization of this language, culture, and heritage. Joha, according to Ladino tradition, is a popular folklore character, one who is conniving yet also beguiling. He plays many roles: He makes us laugh; liberates us from taboos; makes it possible to tell the whole, sometimes painful, truth in a humorous way; and helps us triumph over our enemies through laughter. These stories have entertained generations of Sephardic children and adults and will delight readers of any age."


Stories from Palestine

Stories from Palestine
Author: Marda Dunsky
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2021-03-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0268200351

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Stories from Palestine profiles Palestinians engaged in creative and productive pursuits in their everyday lives in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. Their narratives amplify perspectives and experiences of Palestinians exercising their own constructive agency. In Stories from Palestine: Narratives of Resilience, Marda Dunsky presents a vivid overview of contemporary Palestinian society in the venues envisioned for a future Palestinian state. Dunsky has interviewed women and men from cities, towns, villages, and refugee camps who are farmers, scientists, writers, cultural innovators, educators, and entrepreneurs. Using their own words, she illuminates their resourcefulness in navigating agriculture, education, and cultural pursuits in the West Bank; persisting in Jerusalem as a sizable minority in the city; and confronting the challenges and uncertainties of life in the Gaza Strip. Based on her in-depth personal interviews, the narratives weave in quantitative data and historical background from a range of primary and secondary sources that contextualize Palestinian life under occupation. More than a collection of individual stories, Stories from Palestine presents a broad, crosscut view of the tremendous human potential of this particular society. Narratives that emphasize the human dignity of Palestinians pushing forward under extraordinary circumstances include those of an entrepreneur who markets the yields of Palestinian farmers determined to continue cultivating their land, even as the landscape is shrinking; a professor and medical doctor who aims to improve health in local Palestinian communities; and an award-winning primary school teacher who provides her pupils a safe and creative learning environment. In an era of conflict and divisiveness, Palestinian resilience is relatable to people around the world who seek to express themselves, to achieve, to excel, and to be free. Stories from Palestine creates a new space from which to consider Palestinians and peace.