151 Tales From Arab World

Sindbad was an old man in the Middle East when he narrated his adventures to the visitors to his house. He told them how he wasted the great deal of wealth that he inherited and became so poor that he finally set sail on a merchant ship going to the East Indies through the Persian […]

Nausherwan had been one of the wisest and most famous Kings of Persia. His tomb was a place of pilgrimage because it gave the pilgrim great lessons in how to live a good and just life. Caliph Harun-al-Rashid went there on a pilgrimage with five of his ministers. He touched the golden curtain at the

One of Abdullah’s camels was lost. He set off to look for it across the desert. A long, tiring ride over the sands brought him to a strange sight. High walls rose around a city and rooftops and pavilions could be seen over them. Hoping to find someone in the city surrounded with fort-like walls,

Once upon a time in Persia, there lived a merchant who suffered huge business losses and became extremely poor. One day, on their way to the market, the merchant and his son saw a man selling the camel. The merchant’s son went up to the camel dealer and asked the price of the camel. The