King Shahriyar cannot trust women. Every afternoon he marries a wife, but the next morning he always kills her. One day, the Vizier cannot find any more wives for the King. What can he do? ´Ican be Shahriyar´s new wife!´ says Sheherazade, his older daughter. ´God willing I can stay alive, and help the women of our country.´ But how can Sheherezade stay alive for a thousand and one nights? And does Shahriyar learn to trust women again in the end? This famous ´story of stories´ has the answers.