title: A Motif Index of The Thousand and One Nights
author:  Hasan M. El-Shamy 
description: El-Shamys motif index will certainly be helpful for students of The Thousand and One Nights in finding their way through the ever-expanding corpus of material.124, 2011 (<i>Journal of American Folklore</i>)<br /><br />The wealth of information contained in [this] volume is impressive, and one can only wish that more studies of this kind will be undertaken on other narrative corpora of the Near and Middle East. (<i>Journal of Near Eastern Studies</i>)<br /><br />This is a valuable reference for university libraries, large public libraries, and Arabic and Middle East study centers. . . . Recommended. (<i>Choice</i>)<br /><br />Prof. Hasan M. el-Shamy has once again produced an authoritative work on Middle Eastern folklore . . . There exists a cultural chasm between the Middle East and the European West, and major literary works such as 'Alf laylah wa laylah are relatively unknown, or at best reduced to children's tales or Hollywood spectaculars. el-Shamy's A Motif Index of the Thousand and One Nights is not only valuable to the folklorist, but is an element in bridging the gap.Spring/ Summer 2009 (<i>Western Folklore</i>)
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  # A Lot Like Love
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Soraya Lane
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [A Lot Like Love](part0003.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0004.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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