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Nasreddin and Juha
Afghan Network: Mullah Nasruddin, Afghanistan Online: Mullah Nasruddin Jokes, Jeremy Schiff's Hodja Homepage, Molla Nasreddin - Comic Sage of the Ages, Mulla or Hodja Nasreddin as seen by Cypriot Turks , Nasreddin Hoca - The Great Humorous Philosopher, Nasreddin Hoca, Mulla Nasreddin, Efendi, Nasreddin Hodja, Nasreddin Hodja Jokes, This Reminds Me Of A Story
Arab Folk Tales
Three folk tales from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Algeria.
Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative
Collection of Turkish folktales in English, as well as epic and other texts in several Turkic languages (PDF format).
Armenian Fairy Tales
Three folktales taken from "100 Armenian Tales", by Susie Hoogasian-Villa.
Children's Folklore: Jirtdan
One of the most popular and beloved fairy tales in Azerbaijan, with an introduction.
Mandaean Oral Traditions and Folkore
Legends and myths of the Mandeans, a religious community in Iraq and Iran.
Palestinian Folklore
Songs, proverbs and two stories (Ataba & Zarief E-ttool, and The Hunter).
Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folktal
Collection of tales gathered and annotated by Ibrahim Muhawi (Darwish) and Sharif Kanaana; e-text from the University of California Press.
Suite101.com: Arabian Folktales and Storytelling
Sketch of Arabic story telling, particularly in Palestinian society, and three folktales from the book "Arab Folktales" by Inea Bushnaq.
The Bald Boy Kelo?lan and the Most Beautiful Girl
Exploration by H. Paksoy of Kelo?lan, an archetype from Turkish folktales, illustrated with stories.
The Brother's Mean Wife
A folktale from Qatar.
The Passion and the Magic: Distinctions of Arabic
Article by Fatme Sharafeddine Hassan on some characteristic elements of Arabic folktales.
Timor
A Chechen tale.
Turkish Games for Health and Recreation
Scanned pages from the book by Barbara K. Walker and Warren S. Walker; e-text of ATON.
Zohra and the Gazelles
A Moroccan folktale retold by Mary Morton Cowan.