Sindbad: And Other Stories from the Arabian Nights
Muhsin Mahdi and Husain Haddawy
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Husain Haddawy's rapturously received translation of The Arabian Nights is based on a landmark...
The Arabian Nights Cookbook: From Lamb Kebabs to Baba Ghanouj, Delicious Homestyle Middle Eastern Cooking
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**2011 Best Arab Cuisine book in the U.S., Gourmand World Cookbook Award** Prepare delicious and...
Sonic and the Secret Rings
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After reading the Arabian Nights, Sonic falls asleep, only to be awoken by Shahra. She explains that...
Amy Fine Collins recommended The Thief of Bagdad (1940) in Movies (curated)
Season of Migration to the North
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An 'Arabian Nights' in reverse, enclosing a moral about international misconceptions and delusions....
David McK (3422 KP) rated Arabian Nights Volume One in Books
May 7, 2020
more often than not
Are hotter than hot
In a lot of god ways …"
(Sorry, that's from Aladdin …)
Audible's full-cast dramatization of several Arabian folk-tales, this covers:
1) the set-up for the telling of the tales (Scheherazade telling her Sultan the tales each night so she won't be beheaded!)
2) the tale of Ali-Baba and the 40 thieves
3) Julnar of the Sea
While I was knew of the first and (more famously) the second above, I probably couldn't have told you the full ins and outs of the stories until now; only a general outline of what happened. I have to admit, also, that Julnar of the Sea was completely new to me.
Now to pick up Volume Two (Sinbad the Sailor) ...