{"product_id":"the-clever-sheikh-of-the-ali-lutfi-9781566563123","title":"The Clever Sheikh of the Butanand Other Stories: Sudanese Folk Tales","description":"Sudan, the largest country on the vast African continent, barely hovers on the edges of Western awareness. But hidden away is a sonorous ancient culture, passed on through generations of storytellers and oral historians, through songs and a rich tradition of folk tales. Ali Lutfi spent his childhood on Sudan's White Nile listening to the stories of servant women and others descended from slaves. The legends and tales of these grandmothers were told over and over again to Ali and his brothers and sisters as they ate dinner and drifted into sleep. To read these stories in English, sixty years later, is to open a window to a different world, a Sudanese child's world shaped by deceitful wolves and wicked brothers, by magic jars and enchanted trees, by camelback journeys and by the life-giving waters of the Blue and White Niles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ali Lutfi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1566563127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566563123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Interlink Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.53w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/04\/1999 pg. 66","brand":"Ali Lutfi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939669278975,"sku":"9781566563123","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_74790c02-20ba-4a47-839b-1a28aa82c6b2.jpg?v=1681442825","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-clever-sheikh-of-the-ali-lutfi-9781566563123","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}