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Arabian nights and days

Author: محفوظ، نجيب, 1911-2006. ; Najīb Maḥfūẓ
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, ©1995.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Seventeen tales based on the classic, The Thousand and One Nights, but full of modern messages. In recounting his adventures, Sinbad-the-Sailor observes it is wrong to be a prisoner of tradition. The book's Egyptian author was recently the object of an assassination attempt by fundamentalists.
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Genre/Form: Didactic fiction
Fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006.
Arabian nights and days.
New York : Doubleday, c1995
(OCoLC)624450515
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: محفوظ، نجيب, 1911-2006. ; Najīb Maḥfūẓ
ISBN: 0385468881 9780385468886
OCLC Number: 30028375
Description: 227 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Shahriyar --
Shahrzad --
The Sheikh --
The cafe of the Emirs --
Sanaan Al-Gamali --
Gamasa Al-Bulti --
The porter --
Nur Al-Din and Dunyazad --
The adventures of Ugr the Barber --
Anees Al-Galees --
Qut Al-Quloub --
Aladdin with the moles on his cheeks --
The Sultan --
The cap of invisibility --
Ma'Rouf the cobbler --
Sindbad --
The grievers.
Other Titles: Layālī alf laylah.
Responsibility: Naguib Mahfouz ; translated by Denys Johnson-Davies.
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Seventeen tales based on the classic, The Thousand and One Nights, but full of modern messages. In recounting his adventures, Sinbad-the-Sailor observes it is wrong to be a prisoner of tradition. The book's Egyptian author was recently the object of an assassination attempt by fundamentalists.

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