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Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 The Scorpion Garden
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Clifton Hill, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Hodja , 1987 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Kamal, Jane Naqvi , single work biography children's
Kamal is a Hobart schoolboy. He discusses his life in Hobart, and his time spent living in India, where his father originally came from.
 (p. 5-7)
Do You Know What a Scorpion Is?, Jane Naqvi , single work biography children's
Kamal explains how he held a scorpion but was not stung when at a dargah ('graveyard of saints') in Northern India.
 (p. 12-16)
The Scorpion Garden, Jane Naqvi , single work biography children's
Kamal describes a period in Indian history when two holy men both wanted to be the only holy man in town. One put a curse on the other.
 (p. 12-16)
Moharram, Jane Naqvi , single work biography children's myth/legend
Kamal participates in a religious procession and festival called Moharram. To explain its significance, he tells the story of Husain, a grandson of the prophet Mohammed who lived in Mecca 1400 years earlier and was persecuted by a wicked king called Yezid.
 (p. 17-28)
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