Don’t know quite what to think of this blog? Or the crazy penmistress behind it? But kind of like these shadow puppet characters? Well, this is the page for you…meet the puppets!
Bebe Ruhi, the Goof with Dwarfism and an Ample Heart
Chorus of Little Dancing Lady Puppets
Dobra and Saf, the Siamese Twin Puppets who Love-Hate Turkey
Hacivad, the Inimitable Learned Sufi Elder Puppet
Hacıyatmaz the Roly-Poly Puppet who Always Bounces Back
Karagoz, the Oppositional Trickster Puppet
Kenne, Queen Puppet of Manners and the Maintenance of Honor and Ladylike Behavior
Khadijah, the Handmaiden Puppet Stolen from North Africa by Ottoman Slavers
Mercan Bey, the Spice Trader Puppet from the Arabian Peninsula
Perihan, the Fairy Godmother Goddess Puppet
Safiye Rakkase, the Vainglorious Dancing Girl Puppet
Tiryaki, the Narcoleptic Opium Addict Puppet
Write-a-matrix, the Academic, Whip-Cracking Dominatrix Puppet
Yehuda Rebbe, the Globalized Rabbi Wise Man Puppet
Zenne, the Nervous Nellie Like a Bowl of Rosehip Jelly Puppet
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