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Pearls on a Branch
Pearls on a Branch: Oral Tales | Najla Jraissaty Khoury
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A collection of 30 traditional Syrian and Lebanese folktales infused with new life by Lebanese women, collected by Najla Khoury. While civil war raged in Lebanon, Najla Khoury traveled with a theater troupe, putting on shows in marginal areas where electricity was a luxury, in air raid shelters, Palestinian refugee camps, and isolated villages. Their plays were largely based on oral tales, and she combed the country in search of stories. Many years later, she chose one hundred stories from among the most popular and published them in Arabic in 2014, exactly as she received them, from the mouths of the storytellers who told them as they had heard them when they were children from their parents and grandparents. Out of the hundred stories published in Arabic, Inea Bushnaq and Najla Khoury chose thirty for this book.
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elizabethlk
elizabethlk
Pearls on a Branch: Oral Tales | Najla Jraissaty Khoury
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You can now read the full Lite Reads review (link below) for our most recent pick, Pearls On a Branch by Najla Jraissaty Khoury! I found it super interesting to explore this Arabic folk tale originally told by women to women, even if it wasn't all completely to my own person tastes. Be sure to let me know in the comments! New selection shortly.

https://wp.me/p9KSXu-NX

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elizabethlk
elizabethlk
Pearls on a Branch: Oral Tales | Najla Jraissaty Khoury
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Our new #LiteReads selection is Pearls On a Branch by Najla Jraissaty Khoury, translated from Arabic to English by Inea Bushnaq! This short story is based on an oral tale from Lebanon about a girl who asks her father for "pearls on a branch" when he makes the pilgrimage to Mecca and what ensues. You can find a link to read the story for free in the full blog post. Let me know what you think once you've read it!

https://wp.me/p9KSXu-NY

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jveezer
jveezer
Pearls on a Branch: Oral Tales | Najla Jraissaty Khoury
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Palestinian tales told by women ti women with my tea today. First read by a Lebanese author...

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SeeJulieRead
SeeJulieRead
Pearls on a Branch: Oral Tales | Najla Jraissaty Khoury
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I‘ve been enjoying these folktales - the author compiled 30 of the most popular stories from Lebanon and surrounding areas. Another addition for my #readtheworld - #Lebanon

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Well-ReadNeck
Pearls on a Branch: Oral Tales | Najla Jraissaty Khoury
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Love it when I get a book just as it comes in. Even better when there are two!!! 😍

KarenUK Can‘t wait to read the Barnes ... snagged an ARC from work, and can‘t wait to dive in.... 6y
SledgeReader Love when the library shines! #libraryhaul 6y
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