Concepts of "Freedom", "Power" and "Leadership" in the Arabic Folklore as an Archetypal Element in Political Culture of the Middle East

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Concepts of "Freedom", "Power" and "Leadership" in the Arabic Folklore as an Archetypal Element in Political Culture of the Middle East. / Akhmatshina, Enesh Kurbanseiidovna ; Jamil Hana, Yafia Yousif ; Mokrushina, Amaliia Anatolievna.

In: The Journal of Social Sciences Research, Vol. 2018, No. Special Issue 3, 2018, p. 13-21.

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keywords = "Folklore, Political anthropology, Proverbs, The Arabic language, The middle east",

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