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Paperback Tales of Juha: Classic Arab Folk Humor Book
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ISBN: 156656641X

ISBN13: 9781566566414

Tales of Juha: Classic Arab Folk Humor

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Juha is an old Arab comic literary figure (known also to Persians and Turks) around whom countless popular anecdotes were written. He appears variously as preacher and beggar, porter and petty merchant, thief and honest man, judge and social critic, wise man and fool, jester and charlatan (though never as wealthy man or oppressor). While the subject matter is Arab or otherwise Islamic, the humor transcends national and cultural boundaries to achieve...

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Criticism & Theory Fairy Tales Folklore Genre Fiction Historical History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Mythology & Folk Tales

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