Folktales of Egypt

I stopped by on a dedicated hunt for a variety of anthropologic resources and couldn't believe that nobody had reviewed this fine work (I hope that doesn't mean that nobody has read it!). The stories range from Arabic classic archetypes to trickster stories (here attributed to Goha, who is quite the same as Hodja, Djuha, etc.) to modern Cairene "street tales." To whet the prospective reader's interest I will merely sketch the story of the modern youth whose girl friend is so upset over "losing" her virginity over and over again that rather than have her sewn up the third time it happens, he has the doctor install a zipper . . .