Book Size: 5.25" x 8"
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781566566414
Imprint: Interlink Books
Edition: 1
Editor: Salma Khadra Jayyusi
Translator: Matthew Sorenson et al
Release date: 2006
Foreword by: Said Yaqtine
Category: Children's BooksTales of Juha
Classic Arab Folk Humor
$ 12.95“Said Yagtine’s remarkable introduction allows readers to enter the world of Juha and get a better understanding of Arab humour and anecdote traditions.” — Banipal
About this book
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 a universality that is instantly recognizable and accessible today.
Brand: Salma Khadra JayyusiAbout the author
Salma Khadra Jayyusi is one of the Arab world’s most distinguished literary personalities. She is the founder of PROTA (Project of Translation from Arabic) and is widely known for her poetry and literary criticism. Her books include Trends and Movements in Modern Arabic Poetry, The Legacy of Muslim Spain, and The Literature of Modern Arabia: An Anthology.
Reviews
“Said Yagtine’s remarkable introduction allows readers to enter the world of Juha and get a better understanding of Arab humour and anecdote traditions.” —Banipal
Additional information
| Cover Type | |
|---|---|
| Author | Jayyusi, Salma Khadra (ed.) |
| test | |
| Edition | 1 |
| Inprint | Interlink Books |
| Pages | 128 |
| Type | PB |
| Editor | Jayyusi , Salma Khadra |
| Translator | Sorenson , Matthew et al |
| Release date | 2006 |
| Foreword by | Yaqtine , Said |
| Author Home | Jordan |
| Subtitle | Classic Arab Folk Humor |
| Format | 5 1/4" x 8" |
| Reviews | "Said Yagtine's remarkable introduction allows readers to enter the world of Juha and get a better understanding of Arab humour and anecdote traditions." —Banipal |
| MainReview | "Said Yagtine's remarkable introduction allows readers to enter the world of Juha and get a better understanding of Arab humour and anecdote traditions." —Banipal |
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