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Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abu Shaduf Expounded, with Risible Rhymes Chun-Ju Lai The means by which AmericansWitty, bawdy, and vicious, Yusuf al Shirbini's Brains Confounded pits the "coarse" rural masses against the "refined" urban population. In Volume One, al Shirbini describes the three rural "types" peasant cultivator, village man of religion, and rural dervish offering anecdotes testifying to the ignorance, dirtiness, and criminality of each. In Volume Two, he presents a hilarious parody of the verse and commentary genre so beloved by scholars of his