"She had a plan," al-Shaykh says, "a very eloquent and very civilized plan to use her art to humanize him and stop this bloodbath."Įvery night, Scheherazade starts telling the king a story, then stops at a crucial moment, just as dawn breaks. The killing continues until Scheherazade, the daughter of the king's vizier, offers herself as the king's bride. "From that night, he decreed a law that he will marry a virgin every single day and deflower her at night, and then kill her at dawn," al-Shaykh tells NPR's Rachel Martin. Lebanese author Hanan al-Shaykh explains what happens next: They start with a king who discovers that his wife is having an affair. The stories of One Thousand and One Nights are among the world's most famous works of literature. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title One Thousand And One Nights Subtitle A Retelling Author Hanan al-Shaykh
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