1001 Nights Souq Bahrain

Bahrain is going to get Arabian Nighted. Every Friday and Saturday until May 31, the Al Areen Palace and Spa will host a costumed Arabian bazaar where you can buy jewelry, perfume and other things while presumably engaging with a sense of the Nights created by the decorated stalls, costumed performers and other elements.

21st century touches include ATV riding and jumpy houses.

From their website - http://1001nightssouq.com

"CREATING AN AUTHENTIC AMBIENCE. USING THE FLAVOURS, SOUNDS AND AROMA OF THE OLD ARABIAN SOUKS  OF CAIRO, MARRAKESH

BAGHDAD AND ISTANBUL"

"A Brand New type of retail experience TOTALLY THEMED retail sales area with non-stop family entertainment that will be a day out for all the family, where they can shop, eat, drink, be entertained and fascinated."

From Trade Arabia - http://www.tradearabia.com/news/TTN_251932.html

"The “1001 Nights Souq”, an Aladdin-style medieval themed market complete with authentic stalls and vendors role-playing medieval characters will be launched on March 7.

Thousands of items will be on sale, including silver jewellery, perfumes, incense, fancy candles, clay pots, brass trays, ornaments, spices, nuts and candies, leather goods and handmade items.

The market will cover several distinct areas such as retail market stalls, staging area where lively performances from entertainers will be featured, camel rides, horse rides and carriages, children’s play area, falconers, strolling musicians, Moroccan style water seller, acrobatics, magicians, jugglers, fire eaters, etc. A living museum including – blacksmith, calligraphy, brass decoration and other artesan products will also be included."

S.T. Dupont - Limited Edition THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS (2011)

S.T. Dupont is a high end maker of pens and other collectible pricy things.

From wikipedia - 

"ST Dupont Paris is a brand name and manufacturer of lighters, collectible pens, handbags, perfumes, cigarette (made by Philip Morris International), and recently other gadgets using the trademark diamond-head pattern. The company has been producing luxury items since 1872 when founded by Simon Tissot Dupont. The founder of the brand, Simon Tissot-Dupont was born in Savoy in 1847. S.T. Dupont owes its initials to him."

In 2011 they released a 1001 Nights inspired set of a pen and lighter.

On ebay the lighters alone are currently selling for around $3000.

Perhaps you can buy one to light your fireworks tomorrow?

Here is the original product page:  http://www.st-dupont.com/en/limited-editions/limited-edition-thousand-and-one-nights

And their copy: 

Limited Edition THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS

S.T.Dupont pays homage to the celebrated masterpiece of Eastern literature: the tales of the Thousand and One Nights.

Thousand and One Nights, thus perpetuating its tradition for excellence by offering a collection that benefits from its unique know-how to recreate this dreamlike and marvellous world.

The collection contains a Ligne 2 lighter, Néo-Classique fountain pen and roller, a pen holder with paper cutter as well as an ink bottle. Every item is numbered out of 1001pieces.

Pursuing this theme of luxury and sophistication, S.T.Dupont has created two “diamond” version of this collection with a lighter and a pen in solid white gold.

The lighter is set with 137 white diamonds of 1,841 carats, and the pen with 129 white diamonds of 1,841 carats.

These exclusive items are limited to 28 pieces each.

1001 Nights Shoe Line

Jordanian shoemaker aennis eunis has unveiled their latest collection called 1001 Nights, at Bloomingdale's Dubai.

The limited edition collection is available only for another few days and consists of designs by Anas Shanaah. There are seven shoes named Shahrazade, Parizade, Badeia Al Jamal, Shams Al Nahar, Al Ward Fi Al Akmam, Jawharah Al Bihar and Zain II Mawasef.

Here is a picture of Al Ward Fi Al Akman, you can learn more about the collection on La Moda Dubai's website: http://www.lamodadubai.com/2011/12/aennis-eunis-unveils-1001-nights-collection-at-bloomingdales-dubai/

J. Del Pozo - Eau De Parfum - Arabian Nights

For those of you who not only want to read the Nights but want to smell like them, here is a cologne from J. Del Pozo called Arabian Nights.

From 1001 Nights

Website:  http://www.alhawaj.com/cms/showpage.aspx?page_id=441

Quotes from the website:

"The Name
Inspired by the legends book “1001 Nights”.
The warmth of the desert sunset.
The mystery of the nights.
The name transports us to the legendry world of the nights in Arabia."

"Arabian Nights Man
A man with power, pride, passion and sensitivity to beauty
A man in search for uniqueness.
A man of all times and ages."


(available in the Middle East and part of Spain)