What the HELL is a Ghoul Anyway? (Episode #59)

In the modern era, ghouls have been adapted into more globalized depictions of monsters, aligning them with Western depictions of zombies and vampires. How did stories from pre-islamic arabia folklore turn into some of the biggest entertainment icons of today? While at the same time terrifying people of the ancient middle east through to today?

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MUSIC
Theme Music by Dethlehem (dethlehem.bandcamp.com)
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EPISODE RESOURCES

• The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights (translated by Malcolm C. Lyons)
• Ali, Wajihah. "Jinn, Demons, and the Supernatural in Islamic Culture." Islamic Heritage Review, 2016.
• al-Jahiz. Book of Animals. Cairo: Dar al-Ma'arif, 1965.
• Mernissi, Fatima. Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood. New York: Basic Books, 1994.
• Montgomery, James E. The Vagabond Poet: Jinn and Ghoul in the Early Arabic Odes. 2015.
• Pellat, Charles. "Ghouls and Spirits in Medieval Islamic Literature." Encyclopedia of Islam, 1991.
• The Mythical Ghoul in Arabic Culture, Ahmed Al-Rawi https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~culturalanalysis/volume8/pdf/ghouls.pdf
• Al-Rawi, A. K. (2009). The Arabic Ghoul and its Western Transformation. Folklore, 120(3), 291–306. https://doi.org/10.1080/00155870903219730

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IMAGES
Episode Thumbnail: Imam Ali Conquers Jinn, 1568 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Imam_Ali_and_the_Jinn.jpg)
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 - Beginning
00:00:10 - Introduction
00:02:05 - The Tale of Sidi Nouman
00:03:43 - What the Hell is a Ghoul Anyway?
00:21:20 - Famous Ghoul Stories
00:32:23 - Common Theories
00:41:25 - Our Theories
00:54:30 - Closing
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