A Dictionary of Arabic and Islamic Proverbs (Routledge Library Editions: Language & Literature of the Middle East) - Softcover

Lunde, Paul; Wintle, Justin

 
9781138699021: A Dictionary of Arabic and Islamic Proverbs (Routledge Library Editions: Language & Literature of the Middle East)
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ISBN 10: 1138699020 ISBN 13: 9781138699021
Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

One of the quickest ways to understand a people or a culture is to learn their proverbs. This anthology, first published in 1984, compiles in dictionary form proverbs from the Islamic world, particularly the Middle East and North Africa. The Arabs were the first to gather and annotate their own proverbs – the earliest collections date from the n

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Paul Lunde and Justin Wintle

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138699020
ISBN 13 
9781138699021
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
178

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