Tales of Juha: Classic Arab Folk Humor
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
Paperback, 128 pages
9781566566414
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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 humour transcends national and cultural boundaries to achieve a universality that is instantly recognisable and accessible today.
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Tales of Juha: Classic Arab Folk Humor
Tales of Juha: Classic Arab Folk Humor
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
Paperback, 128 pages
9781566566414
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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 humour transcends national and cultural boundaries to achieve a universality that is instantly recognisable and accessible today.
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Salma Khadra Jayyusi
Paperback, 128 pages
9781566566414
Ā
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 humour transcends national and cultural boundaries to achieve a universality that is instantly recognisable and accessible today.
