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"Jackals and Arabs" is a short story by Franz Kafka, written and published in 1917. The story was first published by Martin Buber in the German monthly Der Jude. A European traveler from the North, accompanied by Arab guides, is camped in the desert. When night falls, and the Arabs are at a distance, the traveler is accosted by talking jackals. The jackals speak of an age-old hatred for Arabs, whom they associate with uncleanliness. They relate a belief passed down from their ancestors, that a man such as the protagonist would be the one to "end the quarrel which divides the world in two".

Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) wrote over 100 ‘rags-to-riches’ novels, often about teenage boys forced by circumstances to earn their own living selling newspapers, blacking boots, carrying luggage, or tending store. (Surprisingly, Tom is a girl.) Alger’s heroes are honest, temperate, generous, and brave, good in a fight and ready to protect a weaker boy from a bully. Alger stresses work, study, and thrift as ways to escape poverty.

Sahrazád mesél és mesél, bízik a mese hatalmában, a költészet erejében. A világirodalom gyöngyszemei közé tartozó, híres arab mesegyűjtemény legszebb történeteiben találkozhatunk ravasz varázslóval, ezeréves dzsinnel, gazdagságról álmodozó, mihaszna fiatalemberrel. A középkori keleti városokban szerelmek szövődnek, drága portékák cserélnek gazdát, és bizony nagy kópéságok is történnek.