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جحا
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Also known as Goha, Hodja, Nassrullah, Giufà, Giufa

thumb|Juha with his donkey Giufà, or Giucà as he is referred to in some areas, is a character of Sicilian folklore. His antics have been retold and memorized through centuries of oral tradition. Although the anecdotes from his life mainly revolve around the southern Italian and Sicilian lifestyle, his character traits are visible in the folk characters of many Mediterranean cultures. In fact, scholars suggest that the character Giufà developed from stories of Nasrudin, a Turkish folk character. It is believed that during Islamic rule of the island of Sicily, stories of this manknown in Arabic

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Gender
male
Image
Juha with his donkey (3232626526).jpg
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native label
جحا
different from
Khwaja
indigenous to
Sicily
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