Islam, Arabs, and the intelligent world of the jinn / Amira El-Zein.

Author/creator El-Zein, Amira
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoSyracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press,
Descriptionxxiii, 215 p. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesContemporary issues in the Middle East
Contemporary issues in the Middle East. ^A217509
Contents Introduction -- The poetics of the invisible : Muslim imagination and the jinn -- Correspondences between jinn and humans -- Beings of light and of fire -- Divination, revelation, and the jinn -- Magic, possession, diseases, and the jinn -- Jinn in animal shapes -- Love between humans and jinn -- Jinn inspiring poets -- Conclusion: The sentience of inside out/outside in -- Appendix: The different classes of the jinn.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009026745
ISBN9780815632009 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0815632002 (cloth : alk. paper)

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