Hanan Al Shaykh and Nidal Al Ashkar Live at Al Madina theatre

As part of the Hay Festival 2013, Al Madina Theatre will be hosting a reading accompanied by musicians and actors called “One Thousand and One Nights”. 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 mesmerizing 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.

Entrance fee: 15,000 LL

For reservations, please call: 01.753.011 or 01.753.010