Author: Marian K. Carpenter
Publisher: Western Horseman Books
ISBN: 9780911647488
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Arabian is very likely the most storied breed in equine history, and unquestionably one of the most popular. In the last 50 years, a number of key stallions, and several mares, have played prominent roles in establishing the Arabian breed in the United States.This 280-page book includes chapters about 24 of these horses. Each chapter features a particular horse and includes a story about his/her life, a four-generation pedigree, many photographs, and a summary of the horse's performance record and sire or production record. (8 x 11, 280 pages, b&w photos)
Author: Khairat Al-Saleh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780872269248
Category : Arabs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Grade level: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, e, i, s.
Author: Susan Nance
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780807894057
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Americans have always shown a fascination with the people, customs, and legends of the "East--witness the popularity of the stories of the Arabian Nights, the performances of Arab belly dancers and acrobats, the feats of turban-wearing vaudeville magicians, and even the antics of fez-topped Shriners. In this captivating volume, Susan Nance provides a social and cultural history of this highly popular genre of Easternized performance in America up to the Great Depression. According to Nance, these traditions reveal how a broad spectrum of Americans, including recent immigrants and impersonators, behaved as producers and consumers in a rapidly developing capitalist economy. In admiration of the Arabian Nights, people creatively reenacted Eastern life, but these performances were also demonstrations of Americans' own identities, Nance argues. The story of Aladdin, made suddenly rich by rubbing an old lamp, stood as a particularly apt metaphor for how consumer capitalism might benefit each person. The leisure, abundance, and contentment that many imagined were typical of Eastern life were the same characteristics used to define "the American dream." The recent success of Disney's Aladdin movies suggests that many Americans still welcome an interpretation of the East as a site of incredible riches, romance, and happy endings. This abundantly illustrated account is the first by a historian to explain why and how so many Americans sought out such cultural engagement with the Eastern world long before geopolitical concerns became paramount.
Author: Donna Jo Napoli
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426325401
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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A collection of tales told by Scheherazade to amuse the cruel sultan and stop him from executing her as he had his other daily wives.
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ISBN: 9781857142808
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 75
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Author: A. F. L. Beeston
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521240158
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 567
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The History provides an invaluable source of reference of the intellectual, literary and religious heritage of the Arabic-speaking and Islamic world.
Author: Judith Forbis
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780871406125
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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"As old as time itself and as fleet as its flying moments," the Arabian horse has remained practically unchanged throughout the more than 3,500 years of the history of the breed.
Author: Robert Lebling
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857730630
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 387
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'An energy, a pulse form of quantum physics perhaps, alive at the margins of sleep or madness, and more often in the whispering of a single unwelcome thought.' The Economist According to Islamic tradition, Allah created three types of beings: angels, made of light; humans, made of earth; and jinn, made of smokeless fire. Supernatural, shape-shifting, intelligent and blessed with free will and remarkable powers, jinn have over the ages been given many names - demon, spirit, ghoul, genie, ifrit and shaitan. Neither human nor immortal, they roam the earth inhabiting dark and empty places, luring humans to their deaths or demonically possessing them if harmed or offended. Despite the fact they cannot be seen, jinn are said to be strangely human-like - marrying, bearing children, forming communities and tribes, eating, sleeping, playing and facing judgement like any other human. They are ever-present partners in the human experience, causing endless mischief, providing amazing services and sometimes inducing sheer terror. Believed in by hundreds of millions of people throughout the world and from all faiths, jinn have played a particularly central role in the literature, culture and belief systems of the Middle East and the Islamic world. Legends of the Fire Spirits explores through time and across nations the enduring phenomenon of the jinn. From North Africa to Central Asia, from the Mediterranean to sub-Saharan Africa and beyond, this riveting, often chilling, yet reasoned book draws on long-forgotten ancient testimonies, medieval histories, colonial records, anthropologist's reports and traveller's tales to explore the different types of jinn, their behaviour, society, culture and long history of contact with humankind. It documents their links with famous figures in history such as King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba and illustrates the varied and vivid portrayals of jinn in world literature. In essence Legends of the Fire Spirits demonstrates the colourful diversity of human culture and the durability of faith and is a magnificent and indispensable portrayal of the rich folklore of the Islamic world.
Author: Hanan Al-Shaykh
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408826046
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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The Arab world's greatest folk stories re-imagined by the acclaimed Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh, published to coincide with the world tour of a magnificent musical and theatrical production directed by Tim Supple
Author: Khairat Al-Saleh
Publisher: New York : Schocken ; Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Contains forty stories of the gods, heroes and spirits from earliest times to the Arab Golden Age.
