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	Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative - http://aton.ttu.edu/ Collection of Turkish folktales in English, as well as epic and other texts in several Turkic languages (PDF format).
	Palestinian Folklore - http://www.barghouti.com/folklore/ Songs, proverbs and two stories (Ataba and Zarief E-ttool, and The Hunter).
	Children's Folklore: Jirtdan - http://www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/43_folder/43_articles/43_children.html One of the most popular and beloved fairy tales in Azerbaijan, with an introduction.
	The Passion and the Magic: Distinctions of Arabic Folktales - http://almashriq.hiof.no/general/000/070/079/al-jadid/aljadid-magic.html Article by Fatme Sharafeddine Hassan on some characteristic elements of Arabic folktales.
	Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folktales - http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft4s2005r4/ Collection of tales gathered and annotated by Ibrahim Muhawi (Darwish) and Sharif Kanaana; e-text from the University of California Press.

	The Bald Boy Kelo lan and the Most Beautiful Girl in the World - http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/texts/carrie_books/paksoy-8/ Exploration by H. Paksoy of Kelo lan, an archetype from Turkish folktales, illustrated with stories.
	Turkish Games for Health and Recreation - http://aton.ttu.edu/turkish_games/index.htm Scanned pages from the book by Barbara K. Walker and Warren S. Walker; e-text of ATON.
	Mandaean Oral Traditions and Folkore - http://www.geocities.com/mandaeanworld1/oral.html Legends and myths of the Mandeans, a religious community in Iraq and Iran.
	Armenian Fairy Tales - http://www.armenianheritage.com/lafairy.htm Three folktales taken from "100 Armenian Tales", by Susie Hoogasian-Villa.
	Suite101.com: Arabian Folktales and Storytelling - http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/arab_culture_and_identity/26784 Sketch of Arabic story telling, particularly in Palestinian society, and three folktales from the book "Arab Folktales" by Inea Bushnaq.

Arab Folk Tales - http://hem.passagen.se/moos4848/arabfolk.htm
Three folk tales from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Algeria.

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