Friday, February 14, 2014

Feb 15 Tip: Learn the stories behind "A Thousand and One Arabian Nights"

From "To the Best of Our Knowledge": Learn the stories behind "A Thousand and One Arabian Nights"

(The February 15 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace) 

http://www.ttbook.org/book/story-arabian-nights

Everyone thinksThe Arabian Nights is a collection of stories and folktales from the Middle East.  In fact, some of the most famous were written by Europeans, who fell in love with the tradition and wanted more. Steve Paulson brings us a collection of interviews about one of the most celebrated, and well-traveled, books in history.  He talks with scholars Marina Warner and Muhsin al-Musawi, and with children's television producer Shabnam Rezaei.

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