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Home / Jewish Contributions to Nineteenth-Century Arabic Theatre: Plays from Algeria and Syria - a Study and Texts
 
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Jewish Contributions to Nineteenth-Century Arabic Theatre: Plays from Algeria and Syria - a Study and Texts

Shmuel Moreh (Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Hebrew University, Jerusalem),Philip Sadgrove (Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Manchester)
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This study and edition of nineteenth century Arabic plays, by an Algerian Jew and teachers at the Jewish school in Beirut, reveals the considerable contribution of the Jewish community to the early development of modern Arabic drama. The plays link the Arabian Nights and Jewish Purim-shpil with the comedies of Moliere and the enlightenment drama of Gotthold Lessing.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Date
6 June 1996
Pages
456
ISBN
9780199222742

This study and edition of nineteenth century Arabic plays, by an Algerian Jew and teachers at the Jewish school in Beirut, reveals the considerable contribution of the Jewish community to the early development of modern Arabic drama. The plays link the Arabian Nights and Jewish Purim-shpil with the comedies of Moliere and the enlightenment drama of Gotthold Lessing.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Date
6 June 1996
Pages
456
ISBN
9780199222742

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