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![The Travels of the Ebony Horse](../../../assets/img/500x280/dmc-CFMM00297_048r_047v-500x280.jpg)
The Travels of the Ebony Horse
“The history of Arabian Nights stories in Christian communities is still imperfectly understood.”
- Dr. David Calabro
![Arabian Nights of the Christian East](../../../assets/img/500x280/dmc-SOAA_0124_086_r_085_v-500x280.jpg)
Arabian Nights of the Christian East
“On a shelf in the Syriac Orthodox Church of Saint George in Aleppo is a manuscript copied in Arabic Garshuni...”
- Dr. David Calabro
![Want to Marry the Princess? Know thy Bible!](../../../assets/img/500x280/vz-1_PLB-HR-00001-500x280.jpg)
Want to Marry the Princess? Know thy Bible!
“Who hasn’t heard a fairy tale about a princess whose beauty moves the richest and...”
- Dr. Vevian Zaki
![The Story of the Talking Camel and the Exploits of Ali Genre in West Africa](../../../assets/img/500x280/pa-st-image1-500x280.jpg)
The Story of the Talking Camel and the Exploits of Ali Genre in West Africa
“While some elements of the story are fiction, others are clearly inspired by real events in Khaybar.”
- Dr. Ali Diakite and Dr. Paul Naylor
![Tracing Folktales in Magic Texts — The Story of Umm al-Ṣibyān](../../../assets/img/500x280/cg-st-Image_7-500x280.jpg)
Tracing Folktales in Magic Texts — The Story of Umm al-Ṣibyān
“Despite having been contested in Islamic history by powerful groups rejecting them as illegitimate practices, magic and...”
- Dr. Celeste Gianni
![Grave Tales, Engraved (and Etched)](../../../assets/img/500x280/kg-st-4_AAP0668-500x280.jpg)
Grave Tales, Engraved (and Etched)
“While many artists have provided illustrations for books, some works in the Art & Photographs collection at HMML were inspired by stories...”
- Katherine Goertz
![The Book of Laughable Stories — A Medieval Joke Book](../../../assets/img/500x280/jw-series-story-time-CFMM00441_005v-500x280.jpg)
The Book of Laughable Stories — A Medieval Joke Book
“Have you ever heard a great joke, but then later when you tried to recount it for someone else, you couldn’t remember it?”
- Dr. James Walters