From Morocco to Afghanistan to Indonesia, the stories of Scheherazade are still with us. If folkloric tales are the pillars holding up a society, then the story of Scheherazade and her Alfi Layla wa ...

Franchise Pictures and producer Jeremy Thomas are fighting over a picture that, for now, doesn’t exist. At Mifed, Franchise is selling rights to “Scheherazade.” Giant posters of Juliette Binoche and ...

Scheherazade, I heard a radio host say the other day, was an advocate for women. How's that again, I thought? Scheherazade was the fictional consort of the king in the Persian narrative "Arabian ...

ENID, Okla. — Enid Symphony Orchestra will take a trip to the Middle East in February, and you are invited for a romantic evening. The orchestra will perform Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s ...

Anywhere other than Southern California, camel races and young women dressed as Arabian queens might raise eyebrows. But here, in Riverside County, practices observed for 72 years have been folded ...

Beyond the occasional appearance of a genie, something magical happened at the Lenfest Center of the Arts from Feb. 6 to Feb. 9. Ghina Fawaz, SoA ’25, conjured the power of storytelling while ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Marina Warner SHAHRZAD & THE ANGRY KING By Nahid Kazemi Angry kings storm through literature. In ...