The First Feminist: Shalymar and "Sheherezade"

Today's song is by Shalymar, who I believe is a dancer and instructor. But I can't find much information about her or her music so you'll just have to let hear this one and let it speak for itself. The song is called Sheherezade, and references the heroine of the 1001 Arabian Nights who tells the king Sardar a story every night for 1001 nights to delay and eventually stop her execution. Most people associate the 1001 Arabian Nights with stories such as Aladdin, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and The Tales of Sinbad but I have learned that these stories weren't part of the original Arabic collection but added later by European translators. You can find Sheherezade on a number of different chill out and lounge compilations, and we found it on the album aptly named 1001 Arabian Nights (2005)

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Source: https://www.shalymar.com/en/