Thread: Death sentence in Saudi for witchcraft

Originally Posted by Crocodylus

But the fact that they are funny stories makes them all the more wonderful. There are not that many storytellers capable of conveying such profound lessons in such a "superficial" way. Nasreddin must've been a highly educated fellow for him to tell such stories.

I've heard more than once that a foreign learner of a language can say that he has achieved fluency when he can understand (and laugh at) jokes in the target language - and I believe this to be 100% true. Since jokes and funny stories have a lot of metaphor and puns in them, they do require a highly advanced ability in the target language on part of the student.

well said,

he is a very known figure in my country.

UNESCO declared 1996 as the year of Nasreddin, it was his 700th anniversary of death.

heres more of his tales.

Nasreddin Hodja Stories One Day The Hodja - Nasrettin Hoca Bir Gün - Lale Eskicioglu - ReadLiterature - Turkish Heritage