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The Arabian Nights
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The Kama Sutra of Vatsayayana
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The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi
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The Perfumed Garden of the Shaykh Nefzawi
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Sir Richard Burton
1821–1890
English
Writer and explorer. A brilliant writer as well as fearless explorer, he visited Mecca among the Muslim pilgrims (discovery would have meant instant death), journeyed deep into Africa with Speke to solve the problem of the Nile's source, and also translated the Arabian Nights and other books without shrinking from the sexual content. His introduction to the Arabian Nights in particular exhibited his daring scholarship on sexual practices.
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