Speak, Bird, Speak Again by Muhawi, Ibrahim -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Copyright Contents New Foreword by Ibtisam Barakat Foreword from 1989 by Alan Dundes Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Key to References Introduction The Tales

Notes on Presentation and Translation

Group I • Individuals

Children and Parents

1. Ṭunjur, Ṭunjur 2. The Woman Who Married Her Son 3. Precious One and Worn-out One 4. Šwēš, Šwēš! 5. The Golden Pail Afterword

Siblings

6. Half-a-Halfling 7. The Orphans’ Cow 8. Sumac! You Son of a Whore, Sumac! 9. The Green Bird 10. Little Nightingale the Crier Afterword

Sexual Awakening and Courtship

11. The Little Bird 12. Jummēz Bin Yāzūr, Chief of the Birds 13. Jbēne 14. Sackcloth 15. Šāhīn Afterword

The Quest for the Spouse

16. The Brave Lad 17. Gazelle 18. Lōlabe Afterword

Group II • Family

Brides and Bridegrooms

19. The Old Woman Ghouleh 20. Lady Tatar 21. Šōqak Bōqak! 22. Clever Ḥasan 23. The Cricket Afterword

Husbands and Wives

24. The Seven Leavenings 25. The Golden Rod in the Valley of Vermilion 26. Minjal 27. Im ʿĒše Afterword

Family Life

28. Chick Eggs 29. The Ghouleh of Trans-Jordan 30. Bear-Cub of the Kitchen 31. The Woman Whose Hands Were Cut Off 32. Nʿayyis (Little Sleepy One) Afterword

Group III • Society

33. Im ʿAwwād and the Ghouleh 34. The Merchant’s Daughter 35. Pomegranate Seeds 36. The Woodcutter 37. The Fisherman Afterword

Group IV • Environment

38. The Little She-Goat 39. The Old Woman and Her Cat 40. Dunglet 41. The Louse Afterword

Group V • Universe

42. The Woman Who Fell into the Well 43. The Rich Man and the Poor Man 44. Maʿrūf the Shoemaker 45. Im ʿAlī and Abū ʿAlī Afterword

Folkloristic Analysis Appendix A: Transliteration of Tale 10 Appendix B: Index of Folk Motifs Appendix C: List of Tales by Type Selected Bibliography Footnote Index