And here were the guests gathered for the last performance of the series in the palace. Youssef waited for everybody to take a seat after the warm wave of applause and then he began.

“I will now tell you the story of the camel merchant Selim. He worked very hard and had a good number of animals, around thirty. This allowed him to provide a good life for his wife and two sons. He was a talkative and happy man, so one day he was invited to have dinner at one of his customers’