Kalila wa Dimna: Fables from the Arab World
Kalila wa Dimna of the Arab World is one of our great literary treasures. It has been translated into some 50 languages. The collection of fables express humankind’s frailties and strengths. By employing a variety of animals such as the lion and the ox and the mouse and the cat, the stories explore the consequences of jealousy and pride, truth and deceit and friendship and enmity that constitute the essence of human behavior regardless of time and place. Kalila wa Dimna was probably derived from a much earlier Indian version in Sanskrit called Panchatantra.
With the participation of Leila Mansoor Martin. Produced and hosted by David Barsamian as part of his Ganges to the Nile series on KGNU.
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David Barsamian
One of America’s most tireless and wide-ranging investigative journalists, David Barsamian has altered the independent media landscape, both with his weekly radio program, Alternative Radio—airing since 1986— and his books with Noam Chomsky, Eqbal Ahmad, Howard Zinn, Tariq Ali, Richard Wolff, Arundhati Roy and Edward Said. His recent books are Culture and Resistance, Retargeting Iran, Chronicles of Dissent and Notes on Resistance. His latest book is with Arundhati Roy, The Architecture of Modern Empire. David lectures on world affairs, imperialism, capitalism, propaganda, the media and global rebellions.
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