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Now, however, only a handful of these storytellers remain at such places, "captivating audiences with tales and stories of love and death, trickery and justice", and the art is in decline. [2] In 2008, the United Nations agency UNESCO recognized Jemaa el-Fnaa as the first "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity."
In an Eastern Moroccan story from Figuig translated as The story of the Singing Bird, three women talk to a man: the first promises to give birth to Gold-horn and Silver-horn, the second that she wants to feed the king, and the third that she wants to marry the king. The king marries the one that wanted to feed him, gives her salt and flour ...
Nadia Essalmi, founder of the Yomad publishing house, is known for her contributions to the promotion of Moroccan stories for young adults and children. Since their beginnings in 1998, Yomad have published about 100 books for children and young readers in French, Arabic and the official Berber language Tamazight at affordable prices. [86]
Aicha Kandicha (Moroccan Arabic: عيشة قنديشة, romanized: ʿayša qəndiša, referred to in some works as Qandisa) is a female mythological figure in Moroccan folklore. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] One of a number of folkloric characters who are similar to jinn but have distinct personalities, she is typically depicted as a beautiful young woman ...
Similar stories are found in later works including Aesop's Fables and the Sindbad tales in Arabian Nights. [4] Aesop's Fables: Aesop: c. 600 BC [5] [6] Kathasaritsagara: Somadeva: 11th Century AD: Collection of Indian legends, fairy tales and folk tales as retold by a Saivite Brahmin named Somadeva.
First edition. Larabi's Ox: Stories of Morocco by Tony Ardizzone is a collection of linked short stories.Published in 1992 by the small press Milkweed Editions, the collection is the Winner of the Milkweed National Fiction Prize, the Friends of Literature's Chicago Foundation Award for Fiction, the Pushcart Prize, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction
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