Paintings by English book illustrator Arthur Rackham
Films by Japanese artist Hayao Miyazaki
Fantasy novels and short stories around the world
Illustrations by American book designer Thomas Canty
Arabic folk hero Antar. Film on YouTube here (in Arabic). Margari Aziza wrote about her discovery of Antar.
Egyptian feminist working group, Women & Memory Forum, published a collection of re-tellings and re-imaginings of folktales and old Arabic stories
Statues depicting Shahrazad and other characters of الف ليلة ولية / One Thousand and One Nights by ‘Sculptor of Baghdad’ Mohammed Ghani Hikmat
Several people have asked me for suggested reading from Moroccan literature. Here are some ideas… For language learning: Sakulich, Aaron. Moroccan Arabic: Shnoo the Hell is Going on Hnaa? A Practical Guide to Learning Moroccan Darija (2009) Novels: Mhani Alaoui’s two novels: Dreams of Maryam Tair: Blue Boots and Orange Blossoms (2015) for fiction with modern Moroccan history and magical realism, and Aya Dane (2018) for contemporary fiction beginning in Boston and exploring creativity, identity, and displacement.
