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knarfin
Registered User
(1/19/04 11:22 pm)
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Islamic Fairy Tales
Good People,
I run a youth theatre Company in Sydney. Our Next production is based on an Islamic Fairy Tale. We will be using larger than life puppets and actors, creating this extravaganza over a six month period with kids from both an Islamic and non Islamic Background.
My problem is that we do not have the fairy tale around which we will create our play. Therefore if any one can point me in the direction of fairytales that originate from Persia, Arabia or the Middle East I would be most grateful. To further refine the search, I am interested in stories involving love! Romantic love preferably. Any help, specific or general would be much appreciated.
Yours Sincerely
Frank Newman
Artistic Director
Ashfield Youth Theatre
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RymRytr1
Registered User
(1/20/04 10:20 am)
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Re: Islamic Fairy Tales
I suppose that the most obvious beginning, for a taste,
is ARABIAN FAIRY TALES. Retold by Amina Shah Octagon Press, London...
or look at:
www.taleswithpuppets.com/isla.html
Hope this helps for a start!
Rym Rytr
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InariFox
Registered User
(1/20/04 10:49 am)
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Re: Islamic Fairy Tales
courses.unt.edu/efiga/STO..._Young.pdf
this pdf might help, at least with finding some books, and never underestimate the use of the chapters website.
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jess63
Registered User
(1/20/04 12:12 pm)
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Re: Islamic Fairy Tales
Just a quick clarification please. When you use the term "Islamic Fairy Tales", you mean one that has its roots in Islam itself or are you looking for an Arabian/Persian tale?
Jess
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blisslessly
Registered User
(1/20/04 5:11 pm)
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Re: Islamic Fairy Tales
Kalila wa Dimna has a bunch of stories that lend themselves well to theatrical comedy. They include topics like friendship and loyalty, the importance of being clever and using your wit to get out of sticky situations, not much on love stories though. An Andalusian love story that comes to mind is Warqa wa Gulsha, I'm a little bit hazy on the details but I know that there are some survivng illustrations from manuscripts written in the 10th century I think. I can come up with more but I need to do some digging, so I'll get back to you soon.
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...give me wings.........
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shiara
the witch
Registered User
(1/20/04 7:16 pm)
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Re: Islamic Fairy Tales
The only story I know of that may work is called seven daughters and seven sons. It is about a famly of seven daughters, and their cousins the seven sons. Once one of the daughters is spurned by her cousin she goes out into the world to inrich her poor family. While she is disguised as a man she falls in love with the king, and gets revenge on cousins. I really liked the story, hope this helps.
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knarfin
Registered User
(1/22/04 8:17 pm)
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Re: Islamic Fairy Tales
Dear Shiara,
That story sounds fantastic. Seven Daughters and Seven Cousins! Considering there will be about 15 people involved. Do you know where I could find this story in print?
Thanks for you response.
Sincerely,
Frank
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knarfin
Registered User
(1/22/04 8:19 pm)
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Re: Islamic Fairy Tales
Dear Jess,
The fairy tale needs to have its roots in Islam, but not be a religious allegory, by any means.
Thanks for any help you might have
Frank
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knarfin
Registered User
(1/22/04 8:23 pm)
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Re: Islamic Fairy Tales
Getting my head around how this works. Got to say...I love this
website. Thank you to everyone else for all the help, I have some
good leads and lots of reading ahead. If any one is in Sydney in
the second half of June, come check out our show
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joannabeall
Unregistered User
(2/2/04 7:39 am)
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islamic folktales
Another anthology you might want to look at is Speak Bird, Speak Again which is available online through the University of California Press. Romance is a dominant motif in many of the tales which seem ripe for dramatization.
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ChrisCalabrese
Registered User
(2/20/04 6:05 pm)
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Islamic fairy tales
I was wondering why you wouldn't use one of the the 1001 Nights tales?
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midori
snyder
Registered User
(2/28/04 1:33 pm)
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Re: Islamic fairy tales
Chris: many of the tales in the Arabian Nights would not really be appropriate for a youth theater. There's a lot of adult activities in them--the two stories that are usually dredged out of the Arabian Nights--"Aladdin and the Lamp" and Ali Baba and the 40 Theives: are not actually from the Arabian Nights--but are French forgeries that were written first in French then translated into Arabic and then retranslated back into French as though they were a new discovery. The edition of the Arabian Nights that I use is translated and edited by Husain Haddawy--it has a fabulous introduction to the collection and short history of the collection. I can't believe that Pantheon hasn't put out an anthology of tales? (even if you check the African Collection you will surely find a number of the North African tales that might fulfill your requirements for an Islamic tale.
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raagirl
Unregistered User
(3/10/04 9:07 am)
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Aladdin and his lamp
Hi Midori, I was interested to see your comment about 'Aladdin and His Lamp' being a French forgery rather than an original Arabian Nights tale. I am doing my university dissertation on 'Aladdin' and the Disney appropriation of it and wondered if anyone could give me any pointers on where to find some more information on the French influence?
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Jess
Unregistered User
(3/10/04 11:40 am)
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Aladdin
Try reading Greg Frost's article:
www.endicott-studio.com/forpuzl.html
And also there are several notes on the tale in the edition by Haddaway.
Maybe this will get you started.
Jess
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midori
snyder
Registered User
(3/13/04 4:03 pm)
ezSupporter
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Re: Aladdin
Much of Greg Frost's article was based on the information in Haddaway--a terrific translation by the way and quite affordable (the first volume anyway which is available in a Norton paperback. For some reason the second volume is available only in a hardback edition??) But the introduction is splendid in tracing the history of the various branches and versions of the Arabian Nights including the Galland-Chavis hoax with "Aladdin's Lamp." The introduction also gives an excellent analysis of the different problems with the translations--especially Burton's which is problematic to say the least.
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Don
Registered User
(3/14/04 11:03 am)
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Re: Aladdin
An excellent place to begin is Robert Irwin's book Arabian Nights Companion.
Edited by: Don at: 3/14/04 11:04 am
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tradewindbooks
Registered User
(3/21/04 5:52 pm)
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Islamic Fairy Tales
We publish a book called "The Girl Who Lost Her Smile"
by Karim Alrawi, a retelling of a story called "The Glass Wall"
by Rumi, a Persian Sufi. The book is available in Australia from
John Reed Books in Sydney. You can see the reciews on our web site
www.tradewindbooks.com
Michael Katz
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midori
snyder
Registered User
(3/23/04 4:47 pm)
ezSupporter
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Re: Islamic Fairy Tales
Don--thanks for reminding me of the Irwin book! I'd like to second that recommendation. It's an excellent history/review of the various texts and translations.
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bmarquis99
Unregistered User
(3/31/04 7:19 pm)
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Husain Haddawy
Quick Question. I found a quote from one of Haddawy's translations of 1001 Arabian Nights and I want to know which story and book it came out of. Any Ideas?
"For my confession, they burned me with fire and found I was for endurance made"
Any help would be appreciated.
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