26 May 2016 “Once There Was A King…”  Scheherazade lives. by Neil Tidmarsh “Once there was a King…” So begins the traditional storyteller, wearing a fez and brandishing an ancient sword, in any café in any town in the Middle East since the beginning of time.  (It’s a custom that survives even in today’s war-torn Damascus,… Continue reading Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Once there was a King… (Neil Tidmarsh)