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Tanbouri Shoes

by Fatima Sharafeldein, illustrations by Nadine Sidani

A humorous classical Arabic folktale about a miser merchant from Baghdad who tries to get rid of his old torn pair of shoes, but every time he tries to do so, someone brings them back to him.

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Tanbouri tried several times to get rid of his old shoes, but he failed every time. This is a satiric story that was written by Eben Hajja El-Hamawe who is an Arab writer who lived during the 15th century. The main character of the story was Abo Qasem Tanbouri, an Iraqi businessman who was known ...

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Tanbouri tried several times to get rid of his old shoes, but he failed every time. This is a satiric story that was written by Eben Hajja El-Hamawe who is an Arab writer who lived during the 15th century. The main character of the story was Abo Qasem Tanbouri, an Iraqi businessman who was known for his wealth and miserliness. Most Arab societies told this story as a symbol for unfortunate people.

Dear Parents,

Here are some suggestions on activities and discussions we can have with children regarding this book:

Family Activities

  • Tanbouri's shoes are old and full of patches and holes. What is the reason?
  • We can imagine together with our children other ways for Tanbouri to get rid of his shoes.
  • We have an emotional relation to some of the old things which we keep. We can talk to our children about these emotional relations. Maybe you would like to draw or to take a photo of these things to keep as a memory with your children.
  • Tanbouri's neighbors found the shoes and brought them back to him. Try to think with your children about things that we found and brought back to their owners. How did the person feel? How did we feel?
  • Tanbouri's shoes became so famous, the Sultan ordered them put in a glass box and told his story. We can have a talk with our children about things that we exhibit in glass boxes at home or at the museum. What characterize these objects? Maybe we can go to museum to see the difference.
  • We can play "find the shoe". We can hide a shoe and ask our children to look for it.
  • What we can do with an old shoe? we can plant flowers in it, or maybe we renew it.

المربّية العزيزة،

حكاية "حذاء الطّنبوري" مناسبة لتعريف الأطفال بنوعين من الأدب: الحكاية التّراثية ( وهي الحكاية التي يتناقلها النّاس شفويًا، وقد تكتب) وأدب الفكاهة (مثال آخر: حكايات جحا).

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