TY - BOOK AU - El-Zein,Amira ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Islam, Arabs, and the intelligent world of the jinn T2 - Contemporary issues in the Middle East AV - BP166.89 .E49 2009eb U1 - 297.2/17 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Syracuse, N.Y. PB - Syracuse University Press KW - Jinn KW - Islamic demonology KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- The poetics of the invisible : Muslim imagination and the jinn -- Correspondences between jinn and humans -- Beings of light and of fire -- Divination, revelation, and the jinn -- Magic, possession, diseases, and the jinn -- Jinn in animal shapes -- Love between humans and jinn -- Jinn inspiring poets -- Conclusion: The sentience of inside out/outside in -- Appendix: The different classes of the jinn; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10534255 ER -