El Aroui was an excellent storyteller who told beautiful tales on radio in Tunisia radio in the 60s and 70s. His Tunisian Arabic language was beautiful, and easy to comprehend, agreable to follow.
This tale is 'El Jorh yabra ya Sabra' (the wound can be cured O Sabra), which is in fact a Tunisian proverb? The story was adapted into English and on sale on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Four-Fantastic-Tales-From-Tunisia/dp/1490452729
Also in a bilingual English/French Edition:
http://www.amazon.com/Sabra-Lion-Malicious-Bilingual-English-French/dp/1493622412/
Four original Tunisian tales selected from the rich oral literature. Sabra and Sultan : The Starry-Eyed Girl And The Lion tells the story of an ambitious, starry-eyed young woman who lives in an isolated village in Medieval Tunisia. She lives a scant life with an unconventional husband, who is himself oppressed by The Council Of The Wise and Nobles! Sabra says 'Malicious Words' to her husband who divorces her. She flees the village mistreatment towards a divorced woman, to the forest, where she meets a lion, who strangely has eyes resembling those of a man. She lives happily with Sultan the lion, a semi-animal/semi-human life. Until one day Sultan intercepts 'Malicious Words' too!
This tale is 'El Jorh yabra ya Sabra' (the wound can be cured O Sabra), which is in fact a Tunisian proverb? The story was adapted into English and on sale on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Four-Fantastic-Tales-From-Tunisia/dp/1490452729
Also in a bilingual English/French Edition:
http://www.amazon.com/Sabra-Lion-Malicious-Bilingual-English-French/dp/1493622412/
Four original Tunisian tales selected from the rich oral literature. Sabra and Sultan : The Starry-Eyed Girl And The Lion tells the story of an ambitious, starry-eyed young woman who lives in an isolated village in Medieval Tunisia. She lives a scant life with an unconventional husband, who is himself oppressed by The Council Of The Wise and Nobles! Sabra says 'Malicious Words' to her husband who divorces her. She flees the village mistreatment towards a divorced woman, to the forest, where she meets a lion, who strangely has eyes resembling those of a man. She lives happily with Sultan the lion, a semi-animal/semi-human life. Until one day Sultan intercepts 'Malicious Words' too!
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