An Anthology of Arab Wit and Wisdom / / 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 pr...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2008] ©2008 |
Year of Publication: | 2008 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (88 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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