Feature: What Is the Evil Eye and What Makes It So Evil?

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PRESENTER

Zeena Saifi

ORIGINAL CITY 

Dubai

Original Date

December 14, 2019

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Description

The idea of the evil eye is extremely common around the Middle East region, but it actually doesn’t originate from here. It is a widespread belief that transcends multiple different cultures, with each having its own way to repel that evil.

Sources & Future References

• Moralia by Plutarch

• Aethiopica by Heliodorus of Emesa

• The Evil Eye: The Classic Account of an Ancient Superstition by Frederick Elworthy

• The strange power of the ‘evil eye’ - BBC Culture

• The Timeless Myth of Medusa, a Rape Victim Turned Into a Monster

• The Meaning Behind the Evil Eye Symbol You See Everywhere

• Beware the Evil Eye. Or Buy One, Just for Kicks - The New York Times

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