The Iblis, The Sultan, The Girl, & The Lion’s Tale

Elham Rokni

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The Iblis, The Sultan, The Girl, & The Lion’s Tale

Elham Rokni

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This digital edition of The Sultan, The Iblis, The Girl, and The Lion’s Tale presents an epub formatted for Iphones or Ipads, with the entire collection of stories perfectly designed for your mobile pleasure. Each version also has audio files so you can listen to the stories, and also includes a copy of Elham’s short film, 7 Abdul Kharims, Israel 2018, 15 minutes, a short film based on the author’s encounters with asylum-seekers in Israel, The 7 Abdulkarims merges fiction and reality, blending North African oral history with the artist’s memories and reactions to these foreign tales. The film won The Experimental Cinema and Video Art Awards at the 2018 Jerusalem Film Festival.

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