The Arabian Nights (Audiobook) — Part 1

This episode begins a new audiobook series within Learn While Sleeping, featuring Husain Haddawy’s translation of The Arabian Nights, based on the earliest surviving Arabic manuscript tradition.In Episode 1, we start where the Nights themselves begin:🌙 Prologue: The Story of King Shahriyar and Shahrazad, His Vizier’s DaughterThe iconic frame narrative that introduces Shahrazad and the cycle of storytelling that unfolds across one thousand and one nights.🌙 The Tale of the Ox and the DonkeyA sharp, fable-like tale of jealousy, wit, and consequence — the first story Shahrazad tells to delay her fate.🌙 The Tale of the Merchant and His Wife (beginning)The opening movement toward the larger cycle of the Merchant and the Demon, which will continue in the next episode.This series follows the original order and structure of Haddawy’s edition, preserving the rhythm of oral storytelling — stories nested within stories, unfolding night by night.Ideal for:• Falling asleep to classic literature• Lovers of folklore, myth, and Middle Eastern storytelling• Calm listening, language rhythm, and immersive narration✨ New episodes will continue with The Story of the Merchant and the Demon, followed by The Fisherman and the Demon, and beyond.Listen slowly. Drift gently. Let the stories keep you awake — just long enough.