In three consecutive appointment in the month of February,2023, AnonymClassic PI, Prof. Dr. Beatrice Gruendler, and Research Fellows, Dr. Johannes Stephan and Dr. Theodore S. Beers, took part in the Moday Majlis series.

They presented their latest research, covering issues of variance in the tradition of Kalīla wa-Dimna (Gruendler), how Kalīla wa-Dimna is featured in the Arabic anthologies of adab, and prosimetrum in the Persian version of Kalīla and Dimna by Naṣr Allāh Munshī (Beers).

The series is organized by The Center for the Study of Islam at the University of Exeter and convened by its director, Dr. István Kristó-Nagy.

The three presentation are available on YouTube and can be watched below.

Beatrice Gruendler, Miscarriage of Justice and Dissenting Re(d)actions in Kalīla wa-Dimna.

Johannes Stephan, Kalīla and Dimna and the Anthological Epistemology of adab

Theodore Samuel Beers, Prosimetrum in Naṣr Allāh Munshī’s Kalīla and Dimna.

Oral story telling is alive still, and the interaction with Kalīla wa-Dimna is pronounced. Palestinian storyteller Hamza Al-Aqrabawi, interviewed by Heba Tebakhi (FSGS), tells three stories that belong to the reportoire of oral tales in the Palestinian tradition, which have their origins in the book of Kalīla wa-Dimna.

Below, three tales—in addition to a creative prologue by the storyteller himself—have been chosen to represent the wealth of tales the Palestenian oral tradition offers.

Prologue & The Tale of the Monkeys and the Firefly

The Tale of the Lioness and Her Cubs

The Tale of the Lion and the Camel