Speak, Bird, Speak Again

Ibrahim Muhawi is Courtesy Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Oregon. He has taught in North America, Middle East, North Africa, and Europe and is a recipient of the PEN Translation Prize. Sharif Kanaana has taught at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh; An-Najah University in Nablus, Palestine; and Birzeit University in Birzeit, Palestine, where he was a professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Science until his retirement. He has published over forty books and over eighty research articles in English and Arabic on topics including social change, culture and identity, political humor, modern Palestinian history, and Palestinian folklore. Kanaana is currently involved in producing an encyclopedia of Palestinian folktales in five volumes. Ibtisam Barakat is an internationally renowned Palestinian American poet, artist, and educator. She is the author of six books in both English and Arabic including Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood and Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine.   

New Foreword by Ibtisam Barakat 
Foreword from 1989 by Alan Dundes
Acknowledgments 
Note on Transliteration 
Key to References

Introduction

The Tales
Notes on Presentation and Translation

Group I • Individuals

Children and Parents
1. Tunjur, Tunjur
2. The Woman Who Married Her Son
3. Precious One and Worn-out One
4. Šwēš, Šwēš!
5. The Golden Pail
Afterword


Siblings
6. Half-a-Halfling
7. The Orphans' Cow
8. Sumac! You Son of a Whore, Sumac!
9. The Green Bird
10. Little Nightingale the Crier
Afterword

Sexual Awakening and Courtship
11. The Little Bird 
12. Jummēz Bin Yāzūr, Chief of the Birds
13. Jbēne
14. Sackcloth 
15. Šāhīn
Afterword

The Quest for the Spouse
16. The Brave Lad
17. Gazelle
18. Lōlabe
Afterword

Group II • Family

Brides and Bridegrooms
19. The Old Woman Ghouleh
20. Lady Tatar
21. Šōqak Bōqak!
22. Clever Hasan
23. The Cricket
Afterword

Husbands and Wives
24. The Seven Leavenings
25. The Golden Rod in the Valley of Vermilion
26. Minjal
27. Im ʿĒše 
Afterword

Family Life
28. Chick Eggs 
29. The Ghouleh of Trans-Jordan
30. Bear-Cub of the Kitchen
31. The Woman Whose Hands Were Cut Off 
32. Nʿayyis (Little Sleepy One)
Afterword

Group III • Society
33. Im ʿAwwād and the Ghouleh
34. The Merchant's Daughter
35. Pomegranate Seeds
36. The Woodcutter 
37. The Fisherman
Afterword

Group IV • Environment
38. The Little She-Goat
39. The Old Woman and Her Cat
40. Dunglet
41. The Louse
Afterword

Group V • Universe
42. The Woman Who Fell into the Well
43. The Rich Man and the Poor Man
44. Maʿrūf the Shoemaker
45. Im ʿAlī and Abū ʿAlī

Afterword
Folkloristic Analysis
Appendix A: Transliteration of Tale 10 
Appendix B: Index of Folk Motifs
Appendix C: List of Tales by Type
Selected Bibliography
Footnote Index