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Djinn
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Jinn, especially through their association with things unseen, have always been favorite figures in North African, Egyptian, Syrian, Persian, and Turkish folklore and are at the center of an immense popular literature, appearing notably in The Thousand and One Nights. In India and Indonesia they have entered the local Muslim imagination by way of the Qurʾānic descriptions and Arabic literature. But are these sinister beings a real danger, some believe they are.
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Manage episode 404102557 series 2846394
Jinn, especially through their association with things unseen, have always been favorite figures in North African, Egyptian, Syrian, Persian, and Turkish folklore and are at the center of an immense popular literature, appearing notably in The Thousand and One Nights. In India and Indonesia they have entered the local Muslim imagination by way of the Qurʾānic descriptions and Arabic literature. But are these sinister beings a real danger, some believe they are.
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