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A psychological profile of Arab culture via tales/narratives told by women.

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Hasan M. El-Shamy, Professor of Folklore and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the Indiana University Folklore Institute/Bloomington, is the author of Folktales of Egypt and Folk Traditions of the Arab World: A Guide to Motif Classification. His work has received numerous honors including the Ford Foundation Social Science Research Award, the Chicago Folklore Prize, NEH Award, and Senior Fulbright Research Fellow.

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"Tales Arab Women Tell is a rare, intriguing, and highly readable collection of Arab tales performed by female narrators. It presents tales from the Arab world in a fluent and attractive way." - Ulrich Marzolph "... A cross-cultural consideration of kinship and family relations as captured in traditional folktales and other lore genres... This valuable contribution in the areas of anthropology and folk literature will be a treasured acquisition ... " oLibrary Journal

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