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A Thousand and One Recaps

Reading and recapping 'The Arabian Nights'

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Posted on June 10, 2020

What’s with the owls?

Owls by Kevin Dooley

624—680 ‘Ajib and Gharib


In the epic of ‘Ajib and Gharib, there is no scene more bizarre than the sudden and complete collapse of a city-state, after Gharib steals its idol on Night 674. It bears quoting in its full glory, which is why I did not excerpt it in the recap yesterday. Continue reading “What’s with the owls?”

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