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  2. One Thousand and One Nights - Wikipedia

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    Two main Arabic manuscript traditions of the Nights are known: the Syrian and the Egyptian. The Syrian tradition is primarily represented by the earliest extensive manuscript of the Nights, a fourteenth- or fifteenth-century Syrian manuscript now known as the Galland Manuscript. It and surviving copies of it are much shorter and include fewer ...

  3. Fat El Ma'ad - Wikipedia

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    'The Time Has Passed') [1] is one of the iconic songs by the Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum. It was written by Morsi Jamil Aziz , composed by Baligh Hamdi , and sung in 1967. [ 2 ] This song is the second collaboration between Umm Kulthum and lyricist Morsi Gamil Aziz, following " Seret El Hob " (1964) and before " Alf Leila wa Leila " (1969 ...

  4. Al-Atlal - Wikipedia

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    Al-Atlal (Arabic: الأطلال, "The Ruins") is a poem written by the Egyptian poet Ibrahim Nagi, which later became a famous song sung by Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum in 1966. [1] The songs text was adapted by Umm Kulthum and its melody composed by the Egyptian composer Riad Al Sunbati [ 2 ] two years after her first song composed by Mohamed ...

  5. List of works influenced by One Thousand and One Nights

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    Sparks featured a song titled "Scheherazade" on their 2000 album Balls, from the point of view of the King. The song "One Thousand and One Nights" by J-pop band See-Saw, used as the opening theme song for the second part of the four-part OVA.hack//Liminality ("In the Case of Yuki Aihara"), references The Nights in both the title and the lyrics.

  6. Translations of One Thousand and One Nights - Wikipedia

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    John Payne - The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night (unexpurgated) (1882–84) Edward Powys Mathers based on J. C. Mardrus in 4 volumes (1923) Malcolm C. Lyons and Ursula Lyons - The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights published by Penguin Books based on the Macnaghten or Calcutta II edition (Egyptian recension) in 10 volumes (2008)

  7. Abu al-Husn and His Slave-Girl Tawaddud - Wikipedia

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    Christine Chism summarises the uncertain origins of the story, from tenth-century Iran to thirteenth-century Egypt. [2] The tenth-century CE Ibn al-Nadīm's famed catalogue of Arabic books, the Kitāb al-Fihrist, includes a chapter on 'the names of fables known by nickname, nothing more than that being known about them', among which al-Nadīm lists 'The Philosopher Who Paid Attention to the ...

  8. Akhnaten (opera) - Wikipedia

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    The music is basically a march, based on the chords of A major and F ♯ minor (with added major sixth), [26] and grows to ecstatic intensity towards the end. Scene 2: The Coronation of Akhnaten After a lengthy orchestral introduction, during which Akhnaten appears, heralded by a solo trumpet, the High Priest, Aye, and Horemhab sing a ritual text.

  9. Music of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Since the Nasser era, Egyptian pop music has become increasingly important in Egyptian culture, particularly among the large youth population of Egypt. Egyptian folk music continues to be played during weddings and other traditional festivities. In the last quarter of the 20th century, Egyptian music was a way to communicate social and class ...