Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin
Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin

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Publisher: Lethe Press

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1590214641

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This much-anticipated sequel to the award-winning collection detailing the exploits of the beloved 800-year-old Turkish "wise fool," Mullah Nasruddin, presents well over 250 hilarious and authentic folktales, dozens appearing in English for the first time. Author Suresha has done extensive research to unearth many of these centuries-old racy tales of the "naughty Nasruddin"-stories previously suppressed for moralistic reasons-which explore taboo themes as the Mullah interacts with his family, community, and strangers during his many journeys. Readers will be amused as well as amazed by this unadulterated account of the truly Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin.

The Ottoman World
The Ottoman World

Author: Hakan T. Karateke

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2021-11-02

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 0520303431

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The Ottoman lands, which extended from modern Hungary to the Arabian peninsula, were home to a vast population with a rich variety of cultures. The Ottoman World is the first primary source reader to bring a wide and diverse set of voices across Ottoman society into the classroom. Written in many languages—not only Ottoman Turkish but also Arabic, Armenian, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, and Persian—these texts, here translated, span the extent of the early modern Ottoman empire, from the 1450s to 1700. Instructors are supplied with narratives conveying the lived experiences of individuals through texts that highlight human variety and accelerate a trend away from a state-centric approach to Ottoman history. In addition, samples from court registers, legends, biographical accounts, hagiographies, short stories, witty anecdotes, jokes, and lampoons provide exciting glimpses into popular mindsets in Ottoman society. By reflecting new directions in the scholarship with an innovative choice of texts, this collection provides a vital resource for teachers and students.

Folktales of the Jews, Volume 1
Folktales of the Jews, Volume 1

Author: Dov Noy

Publisher: Jewish Publication Society

Published: 2006-09-03

Total Pages: 769

ISBN-13: 0827608292

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Tales from the Sephardic Dispersion begins the most important collection of Jewish folktales ever published. It is the first volume in Folktales of the Jews, the five-volume series to be released over the next several years, in the tradition of Louis Ginzberg's classic, Legends of the Jews. The 71 tales here and the others in this series have been selected from the Israel Folktale Archives, Named in Honor of Dov Noy, The University of Haifa (IFA), a treasure house of Jewish lore that has remained largely unavailable to the entire world until now. Since the creation of the State of Israel, the IFA has collected more than 20,000 tales from newly arrived immigrants, long-lost stories shared by their families from around the world. The tales come from the major ethno-linguistic communities of the Jewish world and are representative of a wide variety of subjects and motifs, especially rich in Jewish content and context. Each of the tales is accompanied by in-depth commentary that explains the tale's cultural, historical, and literary background and its similarity to other tales in the IFA collection, and extensive scholarly notes. There is also an introduction that describes the Sephardic culture and its folk narrative tradition, a world map of the areas covered, illustrations, biographies of the collectors and narrators, tale type and motif indexes, a subject index, and a comprehensive bibliography. Until the establishment of the IFA, we had had only limited access to the wide range of Jewish folk narratives. Even in Israel, the gathering place of the most wide-ranging cross-section of world Jewry, these folktales have remained largely unknown. Many of the communities no longer exist as cohesive societies in their representative lands; the Holocaust, migration, and changes in living styles have made the continuation of these tales impossible. This volume and the others to come will be monuments to a rich but vanishing oral tradition.

Tales of Nasrudin
Tales of Nasrudin

Author: Charles Upton

Publisher: Sophia Perennis et Universalis

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9781597310703

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"A selection of the many stories of the famous Muslim holy fool Mulla Nasrudin, each story followed by a key to understanding its deeper meaning"--Provided by publisher.

Djeha, the North African Trickster
Djeha, the North African Trickster

Author: Christa C. Jones

Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published: 2023-08-16

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 1496847067

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Djeha—also known as Juha, Jeh’a, and Ch’ha, among many variations—is an iconic figure, the trickster hero of an oral folktale tradition that has existed for centuries. The famous Maghrebian prankster is a poor, cunning, and resourceful character that delights in immoral behavior. Orientalists Auguste Mouliéras (1855-1931) and René Basset (1855-1924) were among the first Frenchmen to collect and translate popular Berber folktales. Today, trickster folktales from Algeria’s mountainous Kabylia region are not well known in the Anglophone world, even though they continue to be highly popular in France and in North Africa. Djeha, the North African Trickster is an annotated, critical translation of Auguste Mouliéras’s folktale collection Les Fourberies de Si Djeh’a, first published in French in 1892. The volume contains sixty tales and an in-depth introduction in which Christa C. Jones discusses jocular literature in Islam, the widespread oral folktale tradition linked to Djeha and his Turkish twin brother Nasreddin Hoca, and the impact of colonialism on the gathering and dissemination of the tales. The trickster is at the center of six themed chapters: “Family and Kinship”; “Animal Tales"; “Faces, Places, or Daily Life in the Village"; “Foodways”; “The Intricacies of Hospitality: Beware of Friends and Foes!"; and “Religion, Death, and the Afterlife.” Each chapter contains ten folktales preceded by a short introduction that contextualizes the pieces using historical, folkloristic, literary, and ethnographical sources. Ultimately, the book contributes to the preservation of an ancestral oral heritage, delivering this enduring character to new audiences.

Muslim Societies and the Challenge of Secularization: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Muslim Societies and the Challenge of Secularization: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Author: Gabriele Marranci

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-09-08

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 9048133629

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Scholars from various disciplines worked together to present the first interdisciplinary book to address the issue of Islam, secularism and globalization. The book has a clear structure which represents its interdisciplinary approach: the first section addresses the philosophical and historical discussion about Islam and secularism; the second section discusses the topic from an ethnographical and social anthropological viewpoint; and the final section addresses Islam, secularism and globalization from a political viewpoint. This unique collection not only offers innovative research and new material, it also provides empirical examples and theoretical debates, and could therefore also be used as a textbook for courses on Islam, globalization, anthropology, politics, sociology and law.

Comprehensive Turkish for Beginners
Comprehensive Turkish for Beginners

Author: Ahmet Murat Taşer

Publisher: Ahmet Murat Taşer

Published: 2020-09-29

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13:

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WITH AUDIO NOW! *All tracks can be accessed via the Qr codes provided at the beginning of each lesson.* With this new edition, this book is restructured in order to present a more pleasant studying experience to Turkish learners. In addition, all dialogues at the beginning of the lessons and all following vocabulary are recorded by local speakers to aid the learning experience and develop your listening and pronunciation skills. Students will be guided for the audio material throughout the book. Comprehensive Turkish for Beginners is the ultimate resource for those looking for an efficient way to learn elementary to intermediate level Turkish. This book presents its audience with the necessary ingredients for successfully communicating in Turkish in the context of formal and informal situations, grasping the basic language, and attaining the ability to express your needs and desires in these social contexts. Comprehensive Turkish for Beginners is your trusted companion if you are; •a formal student learning Turkish in an institutional setting •a self-learner who wants to learn Turkish for fun and is starting from scratch •traveling to Turkey and looking for some helpful material to familiarize yourself with •a business person conducting business in Turkey •a Turkish Language instructor and looking for a textbook format course book This book is designed so that you will acquire the necessary skills to communicate in Turkish, regardless of whether this book is used as primary or secondary course material. You will learn how to use practical expressions and understand Turkish daily language structure. This book will act as your stepping-stone in your future Turkish studies. What the students will get with the book: Entertaining situational dialogues with a consistent storyline that cover a variety of social contexts spread over 20 lessons •Intense essential grammar that applies to most of the daily language •Practical language skills that satisfactorily teach colloquial uses •Abundant and engaging exercises that help the student apprehend all the material in a relaxed but effective manner •An extensive glossary at the end of the book for reference With an experience of teaching more than 20 years, the author’s other works include Hebrew and Turkish self-study books and complementary materials. They’ve proven successful with their new editions and over 7 years in the market.