Event 8
Masrah Al Madina and the Hay Festival presents: Hanan Al Shaykh and Nidal Al Ashkar
One Thousand and One Nights: a Reading accompanied by musicians and actors
Venue: AL MADINA THEATRE
The acclaimed writer Hanan Al Shaykh and the leading Arab actress and director Nidal Al Ashkar will read from the witty, poetic, erotic and brutal, One Thousand and One Nights, the never-ending stories told by the young Shahrazad under sentence of death to King Shahrayar. To survive she spins a web of tales night after night, leaving the King in suspense when morning comes, thus prolonging her life for another day. These mesmerising stories tell of the real and the supernatural, love and marriage, power and punishment, wealth and poverty, and the endless trials and uncertainties of fate. Now adapted by Hanan al-Shaykh the One Thousand and One Nights are revealed in an intoxicating new voice.
Event in Arabic with subtitles in English
This event has taken place
Supported by The British Council
