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The 102nd Night - I realise that sometimes the nights seem very short, but in order to preserve the nature of the book, the musical interludes will continue to divide up the nights. In the meantime, the stories move on as we encounter another unfortunate hunchback, but within these next few nights, inevitably, we move on to yet more stories within stories. It is the nature of this literary russian doll!

The 97th Night - Thank you for your patience in waiting for this final installment of the Kalif's tale. I have fully recovered from my sickness - which was never really bad, but the cough made it impossible to do justice to my narration. Here we do have the conclusion of this engaging tale of the Kalif and Badr Al Din and his marriage to his cousin. Enjoy.

Dear Listeners,  My sincere apologies for the non-appearance of the latest episode of The Arabian Nights.  I have had to decrease the frequency of the recordings due to a Master's Degree I am undertaking, but am committed to keeping up with at least one recording per week.  Unfortunately, I have come down with a bad cold and my voice is not up to recording at the moment.   I will be back as soon as I can!  Thanks for your patience.  David

The 89th Night - In which we continue the long story of Badr Al Din and his relatives as told by Shaharazad through the medium of Jafar, who is, in turn, telling the story to the Kalif.  If this series of stories is beginning to resemble the auditory equivalent of a set of Russian dolls, bear with me as the stories unfold.  They present such a wonderful literary picture of 14th century Middle East.

The 80th Night - In which we continue to hear the story of Badr al Hasan and his cousin.  The hunchback does encounter some difficulties and Badr Al Hasan appears to be successful in executing the Demon's plan.  But things don't quite work out the way he might have expected.

The 73rd Night - In which we hear the continuing tale of the 2 brothers, separated after their falling out and their promise that if their offspring turn out to be male and female and are born on the same night, they pledged to marry their children to each other.  Not all goes smoothly, but they have some unexpected help... to be continued

The 69th Night - In which Shaharazad continues to weave her many tales, now surrounding the Caliph.  It is almost like an audible literary cast of Russian dolls, each story embedded within another until one can only imagine the King slowly enchanted into sparing Shaharazad's life and we the listener forget just how many dolls have been unlocked.

The 66th Night - In which Shaharazad wraps up the many stories born out of the meeting of the many visitors with the 3 sisters in their home.  We finish up with the tale of the flogged girl as Shaharazad and Dinarzad manage to complete over 2 months of death free nights with the King.

The 62nd Night - In which Shaharazad spins her interweaving tales with the final part of the tale of the 3rd Dervish before proceeding to hear the tale of the Caliph, Jafar and the beginning of the tale of the mistress of the house.

The 56th Night - In which we continue to hear the story of the 3rd Dervish as related by Shaharazad.  She has now stayed alive for many nights and her tales continue to unfold with poetry and strange events involving many and various characters.