Pearls on a Branch: Oral Tales by Jraissaty Khoury, Najla

Pearls on a Branch: Oral Tales (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780914671961)

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Pearls on a Branch: Oral Tales by Jraissaty Khoury, Najla

Pearls on a Branch: Oral Tales

$18.00
Pearls on a Branch: Oral Tales by Jraissaty Khoury, Najla

Pearls on a Branch: Oral Tales

$18.00
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Najla Jraissaty Khoury
ISBN-10: 0914671960
ISBN-13: 9780914671961
Publisher: Archipelago Books
Language: English
Published: 04/17/2018
Pages: 270
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.60h x 6.10w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 12/01/2017
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2018
Foreword 12/26/2017
Booklist 02/01/2018 pg. 12
By Najla Jraissaty Khoury
By Najla Jraissaty Khoury
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Najla Jraissaty Khoury was born in Beirut. In the 1970s, she taught at adult literacy programs and later trained pre-school teachers. Her work has been influenced by her experience in education and her interest in folk tales and children's literature. Najla Khoury founded and directed a puppet troupe and has developed several educational toys. In 1997, she helped found the NGO Assabil Libraries, which focuses on establishing public libraries throughout Lebanon.

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