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In Search of the Emerald Bird and Other Tunisian Stories by Lela Ula
February 20, 20197:00 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Ambassadors’ Hall (at Calle Alcalá, 62, First Floor).
7:00 p.m.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
In Spanish.
On Wednesday, February 20, Mohamed Najib Abdelkefi is presenting his
latest work in Madrid, in the company of writer Abdul Hadi Sadoun and
oral storyteller Héctor Urién.
them will also be Estefanía Zahariuc Madalina, a young student and reader, at an event presented by Karim Hauser, Casa Árabe’s International Relations Coordinator.
Folk tales form the main foundation of any people’s oral literature. They reflect that people’s way of thinking and beliefs, while educating, entertaining, uniting and creating harmony. Though she is not a professional storyteller, Lela Ula is the descendant of a great Tunisian family and became famous for the variety of stories she tells, as well as her peculiar, appealing style, a sort of “modern Scheherazade,” to put it in the words of expert José Manuel Pedrosa. En busca del pájaro esmeralda (In Search of the Emerald Bird), one of the stories in the book, is almost a synthesis of the educational role played by such stories. The remaining tales take us on a journey to worlds filled with adventures, love, sacrifice, abuse of power and craftiness. They all directly or indirectly express a certain “moral of the story.”
Mohamed Najib Abdelkefi is a teacher, journalist and writer. He has authored and translated several works, including Los árabes ¿por qué? (The Arabs, Why?), La mujer musulmana a través del matrimonio (Muslim Women Through Marriage) and Cuentos populares tunecinos (Tunisian Folk Tales, published by Miraguanos).
Héctor Urién is an oral storyteller who has been professionally devoted to storytelling since 2006. His most exciting artistic project is related with “The Arabian Nights.”
Abdul Hadi Sadoun is a writer, Hispanist and publisher. His most notable books include: Encuadrar la risa (Framing Laughter, Madrid, 1998), Escribir en cuneiforme (Writing in Cuneiform,Caracas, 2006), Memorias de un perro iraquí (Memoirs of an Iraqi Dog, Barcelona, 2016), and Todos escriben sobre el amor menos tú (Everyone Writes About Love but You, Madrid, 2018).
Estefanía Zahariuc Madalina is a young reader aged 17 who is currently in the second year of her baccalaureate in social sciences.
Folk tales form the main foundation of any people’s oral literature. They reflect that people’s way of thinking and beliefs, while educating, entertaining, uniting and creating harmony. Though she is not a professional storyteller, Lela Ula is the descendant of a great Tunisian family and became famous for the variety of stories she tells, as well as her peculiar, appealing style, a sort of “modern Scheherazade,” to put it in the words of expert José Manuel Pedrosa. En busca del pájaro esmeralda (In Search of the Emerald Bird), one of the stories in the book, is almost a synthesis of the educational role played by such stories. The remaining tales take us on a journey to worlds filled with adventures, love, sacrifice, abuse of power and craftiness. They all directly or indirectly express a certain “moral of the story.”
Mohamed Najib Abdelkefi is a teacher, journalist and writer. He has authored and translated several works, including Los árabes ¿por qué? (The Arabs, Why?), La mujer musulmana a través del matrimonio (Muslim Women Through Marriage) and Cuentos populares tunecinos (Tunisian Folk Tales, published by Miraguanos).
Héctor Urién is an oral storyteller who has been professionally devoted to storytelling since 2006. His most exciting artistic project is related with “The Arabian Nights.”
Abdul Hadi Sadoun is a writer, Hispanist and publisher. His most notable books include: Encuadrar la risa (Framing Laughter, Madrid, 1998), Escribir en cuneiforme (Writing in Cuneiform,Caracas, 2006), Memorias de un perro iraquí (Memoirs of an Iraqi Dog, Barcelona, 2016), and Todos escriben sobre el amor menos tú (Everyone Writes About Love but You, Madrid, 2018).
Estefanía Zahariuc Madalina is a young reader aged 17 who is currently in the second year of her baccalaureate in social sciences.
