Myths & Legends

“Two Halves That Never Become Whole” In the Egyptian countryside—where darkness seems to sprout from the earth itself, and tales decay along the edges of mud-brick homes—there lives a legend not found in science books or cradled by religion. Instead, it slinks between houses the way hungry cats do: only …

9 Superstitions About Bad Luck “Don’t do that… it’s bad luck.” If you grew up in an Arab household, chances are you’ve heard this phrase more than once. Often uttered by elders wagging their fingers in warning, it’s a familiar prelude to a list of things you’re not supposed to …

“Don’t go out after sunset… the roads are not yours anymore.” That phrase wasn’t just a warning whispered by worried mothers in our childhood—it was an unspoken law in rural Egypt. A kind of magical incantation passed down through generations to protect us from a world we were not meant …

The girl had an insane idea to get the meat since she doesn't have any money , so she went to her father's grave and started digging

The shopkeeper was sitting on his chair, and in of front of him there was a weighing scale. The young man inquired: what is it that you sell; Mister? The shopkeeper replied I sell words

the legend say the clown basically is a wicked man who lives in a secluded cave near a remote village, during the winter he kidnaps children and eats them!

the legend of Al-Ruhban is one of the most famous legends of Algerian folk tales. According to my grandmother and some people close to me, this creature is the product of a marriage between humans and the jinn

Saalwa or Saalah is a frightening creature from the ancient Arab folklore, conceived by the ancient Arabs as a devious and deceptive female demon (Succubus).

when a Tamazight woman was angry with her husband, she asked God to hasten a close meeting between her husband and the mule of the graves! To avenges for her from that bad husband in the worst ways

Jinn in Islamic beliefs are invisible entities which is similar in nature to Demons in Christian beliefs, but they are not souls of dead's and not necessarily evil, there is good and evil jinn