An Anthology of Arab Wit and Wisdom /

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
VerfasserIn:
Ebied, Rifaat,
MitwirkendeR:
Young, Michael M. J.,
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

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