{"id":4557,"date":"2026-10-29T15:22:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T14:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muiderslot.nl\/activiteit\/family-theater-the-djinns-tail-1001-nights\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T15:22:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T14:22:55","slug":"family-theater-the-djinns-tail-1001-nights","status":"publish","type":"activiteit","link":"https:\/\/muiderslot.nl\/en\/activiteit\/family-theater-the-djinns-tail-1001-nights\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Theater: The Djinn&#8217;s Tail, 1,001 Nights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"my-12 lg:my-24\"  name=\"text\">\n   <div class=\"container\">\n\n      <div class=\"grid lg:grid-cols-2  gap-4 lg:gap-12 xl:gap-24\">\n\n         <div class=\"\">\n                           <div class=\"text-lg font-heading font-semibold\">A unique narrative that blends fairy tales and personal stories<\/div>\n                        <h2 class=\"text-h2 font-heading font-bold\">Performance: The Djinn&#8217;s Tail, 1,001 Nights<\/h2>\n         <\/div>\n\n         <div class=\"\">\n            <div class=\"prose text-lg\">\n               <p>Princesses trying to save their lives through their stories, kings who outwit djinns, and giant birds hunting elephants. In <em>*The Tail of the Djinn*<\/em>, Sahand Sahebdivani brings the ancient tales of *One Thousand and One Nights* to life. But his narrative goes beyond mere fairy tales. The magical adventures are interwoven with the history of his own family, with stories about the Iranian Revolution, imprisonment under the Shah of Persia, and the flight to the Netherlands.   <\/p>\n<p>This gives rise to a unique narrative in which fantasy and reality intersect, and age-old stories are intertwined with personal memories.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Storyteller: Sahand Sahebdivani<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sahand Sahebdivani (1980) is one of the Netherlands\u2019 best-known storytellers and co-director of the Amsterdam Storytelling Festival. In 2004, he founded Mezrab, which has grown into one of the world\u2019s leading storytelling caf\u00e9s. Sahand came to the Netherlands as a refugee from the Iran-Iraq War at the age of three. His experiences and those of his family form the basis for much of his work. With his personal storytelling style, he connects stories from different cultures and generations.    <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            \n         <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every first Sunday of the month, there is a children\u2019s theater performance in the castle chapel of Muiderslot. On February 7, storyteller Sahand Sahebdivani will take children on a journey into the wondrous world of *One Thousand and One Nights*. Ancient Persian fairy tales and personal family stories come together in a unique narrative full of adventure, magic, and history.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4358,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[48],"class_list":["post-4557","activiteit","type-activiteit","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-children"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Family Theater: The Djinn&#039;s Tail, 1,001 Nights - Muiderslot<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Experience family theater at Muiderslot Castle: an imaginative, philosophical, and musical performance for children and adults.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/muiderslot.nl\/en\/activiteit\/family-theater-the-djinns-tail-1001-nights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Family Theater: The Djinn&#039;s Tail, 1,001 Nights - 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