Recently, we were contacted by a wise Arab academic who was appointed to a new official body in order to collect folklore in his country. He asked us...

Aita, which means a call, cry or lament in Arabic, is the word used to describe a type of Bedouin music that originates in the Moroccan countryside. Aita...

The Assassin’s Creed game is inspired by ‘Alamut’, a historical novel by Slovene writer Vladimir Bartol. The game, which takes place in...

In this study, I attempt to identify some important foundations that link cultural discourse and society throughout the ages through the various...

This article deals with one aspect of folklore – the family’s folk beliefs – through an organised and integrated social system that performs...

In this paper, I focus on the lute and its importance to Oriental music. I also talk about the different stages of the lute’s development and...

We chose to focus on the portrayal of the Qarin (spiritual twin) in Tunisian folktales and proverbs by reviewing the body of oral heritage to examine the...

Rituals are inherited ways of performing religious and social ceremonies at events such as births, aqīqah (the Islamic tradition of sacrificing an animal on...

Play is one of the most important pillars of socialisation for children. It helps with the acquisition of social and cultural experience based on the rules of...

This paper aims to study the cultural heritage of handicrafts that contribute to our identity and that reflect that which our ancestors retained and passed...