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What the HELL is a Ghoul Anyway? (Episode #59)

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In the modern era, ghouls have been adapted into more globalized depictions of monsters, aligning them with Western depictions of zombies and vampires. How did stories from pre-islamic arabia folklore turn into some of the biggest entertainment icons of today? While at the same time terrifying people of the ancient middle east through to today?

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    EPISODE RESOURCES

    • The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights (translated by Malcolm C. Lyons)
  • Ali, Wajihah. "Jinn, Demons, and the Supernatural in Islamic Culture." Islamic Heritage Review, 2016.
  • al-Jahiz. Book of Animals. Cairo: Dar al-Ma'arif, 1965.
  • Mernissi, Fatima. Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood. New York: Basic Books, 1994.
  • Montgomery, James E. The Vagabond Poet: Jinn and Ghoul in the Early Arabic Odes. 2015.
  • Pellat, Charles. "Ghouls and Spirits in Medieval Islamic Literature." Encyclopedia of Islam, 1991.
  • The Mythical Ghoul in Arabic Culture, Ahmed Al-Rawi https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~culturalanalysis/volume8/pdf/ghouls.pdf
  • Al-Rawi, A. K. (2009). The Arabic Ghoul and its Western Transformation. Folklore, 120(3), 291–306. https://doi.org/10.1080/00155870903219730

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    IMAGES
    Episode Thumbnail: Imam Ali Conquers Jinn, 1568 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Imam_Ali_and_the_Jinn.jpg)
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    TIMESTAMPS
    00:00:00 - Beginning
    00:00:10 - Introduction
    00:02:05 - The Tale of Sidi Nouman
    00:03:43 - What the Hell is a Ghoul Anyway?
    00:21:20 - Famous Ghoul Stories
    00:32:23 - Common Theories
    00:41:25 - Our Theories
    00:54:30 - Closing
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