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A study of the Arab Shi'a community, analyzing the character and role of the Arab Shi'a in the politics, society, and religion of the modern-day Middle East.

Describes the history, movements, and cultural significance of several religious and secular Middle Eastern dances, including Whirling Dervish dancing, belly dance, the dabkeh, and others, and discusses men's solos and controversy Western representation of Middle Eastern dances.

Ten stories from the Tales of a thousand and one nights, including the well-known ones of Aladdin and the lamp, Ali Baba and the forty thieves, and Sinbad the sailor.

A retelling of three tales from the "Arabian Nights" including "Aladdin," "The Queen of the Serpents," and "Ubar, the lost city of Brass.".

A poor tailor's lazy son finds a magic lamp and uses it to win the hand of a beautiful princess.

Explores how the scientific innovations of the Arabic world in the middle ages led to the European renaissance.

An abridged version of the tale of Scheherazade, daughter of King Shahryar's advisor, who tells her husband, the king, a different story every night to keep him from fulfilling his plan to kill her in the morning.

This book is the legendary tale of an evil Persian king who marries a new wife each day and then kills her the next morning; to stop this murderous ruler, a brave woman named Scheherazade risks her own life and marries the king herself--but not without a plan.

Aladdin outwits an evil magician who first tries to trick him into handing over an old lamp with a genie inside and later steals Aladdin's wife and possessions.

Twenty-seven of the tales told by Scheherazade to amuse the cruel sultan and stop him from executing her as he had his other daily wives.