Arabian Nights

Our night holds two tales woven together. First, the Tale of the Envier and the Envied : a man eaten alive by his neighbor's success tries to destroy him, even pushing him down a ruined well. But the Jann rescue the holy man, who overhears their secret cure for a possessed princess, rises from the well, heals her, marries her, and becomes Wazir and finally Sultan. When he finds his old enemy s...

The prophecy will not be denied. In the conclusion of the First Kalandar's Tale, our dervish-narrator discovers that fate is patient and that no caution, no cleverness, and no burning rod of aloes can protect him from what was written in his stars. A wedding, a warning scrawled by unseen hands, and one terrible night in the chamber of his mutilated bride leave the Kalandar forever blind in his...

The sisters opened their mouths to explain themselves, and instead a stranger spoke first shaving his head, calling himself a Kalandar, begging for shelter with half a face and half a story. He was a prince once, he tells them, the son of a king, sailing an innocent voyage when the winds betrayed him to an island with a dome of copper and a pavilion of sandalwood, and a smoke-crested mansion with...

The porter has eaten his fill, and the price of dinner is about to come due. Inside the house of the three ladies, everything is backwards: the first weeps through song, the second is beaten with palm rods and faints, and the third dips bread in makkun so bitter it is called mustard then laps water with the tongue of a dog. The porter begs to ask questions and is forbidden, again and again, but th...

The bird flew home, but the enchantress was not finished. A curse broken is not always a curse ended and the stepmother still has one last transformation in her. As dawn closes in on the prince's tale, Shahrazad opens a door in Baghdad instead: a porter carrying a single basket, three mysterious ladies, and a house with a golden rule speak not of what does not concern you. Someone, of course,...

Morning has come and gone but the story did not end. A prince cursed by his stepmother wakes each day in a different skin, and the doors of his own palace are closed to him. As the old man pursues the truth of the river, and the enchantment tightens, the night grows shorter and Shahrazad must race the dawn to hold the tale's most dangerous secret for one more sunrise. Continue the story that b...

He thought he knew his wife. He was wrong. When truth is uncovered, the consequences don't end with the guilty, they curse the innocent too. Three years of stone. Three years of silence.

"A prince ventures into forbidden lands where beauty masks terror. What begins as romance becomes a fight for his life when the ogress reveals her true appetite. Survival demands wit sharper than any sword."

A merchant leaves on a journey and trusts a parrot to watch over his wife. When he returns the bird tells him everything and nothing will ever be the same. The Tale of the Husband and the Parrot is a story of truth, deception and the dangerous power of a well placed word.

A king. A faithful falcon. And a moment of rage that cannot be undone. King Sindibad and His Falcon is a devastating tale of loyalty punished and justice delivered too late - where a single impulsive act destroys the most faithful companion a king ever had.

A king saved by a sage. A vizier poisoned by jealousy. And a warning that comes too late. The Tale of the Wazir and the Sage Duban is a story of gratitude betrayed where a healer's extraordinary gift becomes the very reason a powerful man wants him dead."

A poor fisherman casts his net four times - and on the fourth pull drags up something no net was ever meant to catch. A jinni, ancient and furious, imprisoned for centuries and now free - with murder on his mind. What chance does a simple fisherman have against a creature of smokeless fire?

A third stranger steps forward with the most extraordinary tale yet - a story of love twisted into something dark, a woman's deadly jealousy, and a magic so powerful it turns men into animals. The final third of a man's life now hangs on every word.

Welcome to One Thousand and One Nights. In this episode: A second stranger steps forward with another extraordinary tale - two black dogs and a story of betrayal, greed, and the kind of magic that transforms men into beasts. Can his story buy another third of a doomed man's life?

Welcome to One Thousand and One Nights. In this episode: A merchant sits condemned - three days to live, a demon's bargain, and no hope in sight. Then a stranger arrives leading a gazelle, and makes an offer that will decide whether a man lives or dies. The First Shaykh's Story - where a tale told well is worth a third of a man's life."

Every night a new story, every story a new world. Step inside the magic, mystery, and timeless wisdom of One Thousand and One Nights — where kings and demons, merchants and magicians weave tales within tales. Performed episode by episode from Richard F. Burton's landmark 1885 translation. Produced by Duse Productions.

Welcome to One Thousand and One Nights. In this episode: A merchant rests on a journey, tosses aside a date stone — and seals his fate. A genie rises from the earth, son dead at his feet, and demands a life for a life. Innocence is no defense when the supernatural seeks justice.

In this episode, we hear  The Tale of the Ox and the Ass , a story from  One Thousand and One Nights . A wealthy merchant who secretly understands the language of animals overhears a conversation between an overworked ox and a comfortable donkey. When the donkey offers clever advice on how the ox might avoid hard labor, the plan works—but not in the way either of them expects. This tale explores w...

In this episode, we begin with the opening tale from  The Thousand and One Nights :  The Story of King Shahrayar and Shahrazad . Two royal brothers, shaken by betrayal and disillusionment, set out on a journey that changes the course of their kingdoms. What they witness along the way deepens their mistrust of the world and leads King Shahrayar to make a terrible vow—one that threatens the lives of...