TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dhahab,Khadījah bint ʻAlawī
AU  - Chahanovich,W.Scott
AU  - Muqaybil,Fatima bin Alawi
TI  - My grandmother's stories: folktales from Dhofar 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center
KW  - Folklore
KW  - Oman
KW  - Dhofar
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Tales
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 15-16, 21-23); Shabeer and the haunted well -- Princess Salma -- The sly fox -- The magic ring -- The carpenter's daughter -- Shaq and Shurambaq -- The prince and the clever maiden -- The genie bride -- The poor woodcutter -- Mother Charity -- A clever couple -- The lazy donkey -- The lying blind man -- The courageous young man -- The sad little girl
N2  - "These folktales are a unique product of the region they convey to readers: Dhofar. Dhofar is a province in the Sultanate of Oman, located at the southeastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. These stories are inextricably bound up in the atmosphere, history, and cultural conditions of Dhofar and the generations that told these stories in their own time. The concepts developed in these stories are products of the social life in the region, stretching across all levels of society, telling the stories of the lives of the poorest pauper and the wealthiest and most powerful ruler. Local trades and the economic development particular to this time also play a prominent role in the development of the narrative. This is a trend that is repeated and encoded in most of these stories"--P. [4] of cover
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