Folklore1989
Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folktales
Ibrahim Muhawi and Sharif KanaanaThemes:
Overview
Region
North Africa
Palestine
Era
Contemporary
Language
Arabic/English
Genre
Folklore
About This Work
A comprehensive collection of Palestinian Arab oral folk tales, collected from women storytellers across Palestine, preserving a tradition under threat of erasure.
Literary Significance
The most important collection of Palestinian folklore; demonstrates the centrality of women's storytelling in Arab culture