Professor of Folklore and Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations Dan Ben-Amos died at the age of 88 on March 26. Ben-Amos began teaching at Penn in 1967. He was a Professor of African, Jewish, and ...

While a man called Nasreddin Hodja may actually have existed, it is the fictionalised version found in the eponymous fables that presides in the popular imagination of the Muslim world. For ...

Publisher Freedom Games and developer Permanent Way Games have announced Middle Eastern mythology-inspired side-scrolling action adventure game The Land of the Magnates for PC (Steam). It will laun… ...

The symposium on Nov. 19 will honor the life of Ben-Amos, professor of African, Jewish, and Middle Eastern Folklore, for his contributions to the field and his impact on students, colleagues, and ...

Oscar-, BAFTA-, Golden Globe- and Grammy-winning composer A.R. Rahman, veteran producer Bobby Bedi and the Technicolor Group have unveiled a film project based on Middle Eastern wit Mulla ...

S.A. Chakraborty’s The City of Brass introduces readers to a world steeped in Middle Eastern folklore and mythology. Set in 18th-century Cairo, the story follows Nahri, ...

Oscar-, BAFTA-, Golden Globe- and Grammy-winning composer A.R. Rahman, veteran producer Bobby Bedi and the Technicolor Group have unveiled a film project based on Middle Eastern wit Mulla ...