Folktales from Syria

by Douglas Rugh and Samir Tahhan

Syrian poet Samir Tahhan collected folktales from old men sitting outside their houses in Aleppo, drinking tea. Afraid these stories would disappear with the passing of this generation, Tahhan also went to halls and events to hear professional storytellers and record their performances. Anthropologist Andrea Rugh helped translate the resulting two volumes of stories from the original Arabic and wrote the informative introduction to this one-volume...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292706308
• ISBN13: 9780292706309
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies Ut-Austin
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"