An Anthology of Arab Wit and Wisdom / / Rifaat Ebied.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Ebied, Rifaat,
• MitwirkendeR: Young, Michael M. J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (88 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION OF ARABIC PROPER NAMES --; 1. PERSONAL QUALITIES AND THE INDIVIDUAL --; 2. SOCIAL LIFE --; 3. RELIGION --; 4. THE NEXT LIFE --; 5. KNOWLEDGE AND IGNORANCE --; 6. MARRIAGE --; 7. THE FAIR SEX --; 8. RELATIVES --; 9. FRIENDS AND ENEMIES --; 10. POLITICS AND LAW --; 11. DEALING WITH BIG-WIGS --; 12. THE ART OF INSULT AND THE APT RETORT --; 13. MONEY --; 14. HOSPITALITY AND GENEROSITY --; 15. HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT --; LIST OF SOURCES
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463211547; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463211547
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Rifaat Ebied.

In the tradition of older oriental literatures, Arabic literature contains numerous proverbs, moral sayings and worldly-wise dicta, as well as great collections of homiletic and religious sayings. This anthology of Wit and Wisdom is a small drop from a deep ocean – that of the rich aphoristic and proverbial literature of the Arabs. It comprises five hundred items, ranging from the seventh to the twentieth centuries, and is organized under a number of headings which provide a broad classification of the subject matter.