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Kalima, the translation initiative of the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH), has translated an award winning book entitled "The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion", written by the late British writer James George Frazer.
The book is a study of the evolution of religious beliefs since ancient times and how this links to the evolution of human thought.
Frazer divides the study into three sections: magic, religion and science. He sheds light on each stage with a thorough examination and he supports his arguments with examples from different tribes and primitive people.
The author dedicates a significant part of his book to studying the relationship that primitive people had with magic and religion. He stresses that magic and religion do have things in common, particularly with regards to natural phenomena and the way in which people try to control them.
The book was translated into Arabic by Mohammed Ziyad Kibbah. Born in Aleppo in 1951, Kibbah acquired a Ph.D. at the University of London in 1979. He was a lecturer at both Aleppo and Lattakia Universities. He is currently working at the King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. He has published many books and translations.
Kibbah was recently awarded the "Best Book in Translation" prize at the fifth edition of the 2011 Sheikh Zayed Book Award.
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