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I Am Scheherazade And I Got 1,001 Tales

I was wandering the Internet looking for sipandgogirl.com inspiration and ran across an article about the greatest love stories of all time.

Included in the list were obvious people like Rick and Ilsa from “Casablanca” and Romeo and Juliet. Another couple included was King Shahryar and Scheherezade.

That’s pronounced ‘Shuh-hair-uh-zawd.’

You might need a reminder. Scheherezade was the woman who narrated “Arabian Nights,” the collection of Persian, Indian, and Arabian tales. “Arabian Nights” includes the stories of Alladdin and Ali Baba. The tales are sometimes called “Thousand and One Nights.”

I’m Scheherezade.
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