Every artist who has wandered through the Middle East and taken loving pleasure in the cultural works of the Arab tradition; all of those who have slumbered, drawing their inspiration from the silhouette of the desert dunes and the palace domes; those who have shared their bread and delicacies; all those who love Arabian culture, and all things Arabian as a manifestation of a distinct and sensitive way of experiencing the world, humbly surrender to the spell of the wonderful words with which Scheherazade conquered the heart of Sultan Shahryar in one thousand and one nights.