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The Message Of Folklore from Bahrain To The World
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Traditional Clay Construction Materials and Methods

Due to their geographic location, the Islamic countries of northwest Africa (Egypt and the countries of Maghreb and Mali) have cliffs overlooking the...

Not the Narrators’ Messages! The Iraqi Folktale and Social Structure

Arab folktales vary from one culture to another. In some cultures, stories are classified according to the seasons; there are stories for summer, winter,...

The Impact of Religious Beliefs on Omani Storytelling Folklore

Folk stories, like other forms of creativity, are based on imagination. Derived from the collective memory over long periods of time, folk stories reflect...

A Culture of Glass and Stone

In the Arabian Gulf, the generation born in the 1940s and 1950s grew up with what remained of the culture and morals in that era. Some of this generation were...

Creativity in Folk Music: An Analytical Study of Ceremonial Practices in the Manzil Shakir Region

In this study, I attempted to address the issue of creativity in Tunisian folk music based on a sample of the folk singing heritage from the Manzil Shakir...

Building Materials Used in Traditional Residential Architecture in South-western Tunisia’s Nefzaoua Region

Today, scientific research must be related to community issues and reality in order to help to fulfil knowledge objectives and practical goals. The importance...

Heritage Culture in the Arabian Gulf States

Heritage and its cultural contents were formed over the ages by civilisations that passed through the Arabian Gulf region; they represent an important pillar...

Not the Narrators’ Messages! The Iraqi Folktale and Social Structure

Arab folktales vary from one culture to another. In some cultures, stories are classified according to the seasons; there are stories for summer, winter,...

Residential Space and Culture: Towards House and Home Anthropology

Space is one of the anthropological fields within social and cultural anthropology. Anthropology approaches space starting with the basic premise that space...

The Impact of Religious Beliefs on Omani Storytelling Folklore

Folk stories, like other forms of creativity, are based on imagination. Derived from the collective memory over long periods of time, folk stories reflect...

Traditional Clay Construction Materials and Methods

Due to their geographic location, the Islamic countries of northwest Africa (Egypt and the countries of Maghreb and Mali) have cliffs overlooking the...

Trends in Arab Folk Culture Publishing: The example of the Journal of Folk Culture

This study presents the following findings: The folk literature, customs, traditions, performing arts, and material culture sections include 71% of the...

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