A quarterly specialized journal
The Message Of Folklore from Bahrain To The World

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Epidemics and Diseases in Moroccan Folk Culture: Significance and Symbolism
Issue 57

Epidemics, diseases, famines and other natural disasters influenced the stagnation of economic, social and political structures, condemning them to a lack of...

Arab Narrative Heritage: Mimesis
Issue 44

The story of ‘Hayy ibn Yaqdhan’, written by the Andalusian writer, physician and philosopher Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Tufail, is one of the most...

Innovation in Sufi Folk Poetry
Issue 23

This paper attempts to examine Milman Parry and Albert Lord’s Oral Formulaic Theory, which they applied to Yugoslavian epic poetry. This scholar tries to...

The Relationship between Folk Culture and Formal Culture in Algeria
Issue 22

This paper aims to discuss issues related to folk culture and its relationship to formal culture in Algeria from the Turkish era through various stages of...

The culture of the bias towards having a male baby in the Bahrain society
Issue 10

The culture of the bias towards having a male child is prevalent all of the world and in the Bahrain society, in particular. Such bias is not exclusive in a...

The Janadriyah Festival: At the forefront of our minds throughout the year
Issue 17

When the National Guard in Saudi Arabia decided to organize a national festival of heritage and culture in Janadriyah in the mid-1980s, a delegation visited...

Dr. Mohammed Jaber Al Ansari Up Close and from Afar
Issue 49

In the early sixties of the last century, some young Bahrainis were making their way to publish new, different kind of literature. The monthly...

The Self and The Other
Issue 23

This paper highlights the changes to which heritage has been subject, changes that affect folk culture as a whole and introduce serious challenges to efforts...

Graves and mausoleums of pious men (Awliyaa) in Morocco
Issue 33

In Morocco, there are many graves and mausoleums of pious men (Awliyaa), and some Moroccan families visit these graves in search of solutions for mental...

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