Al-Qaskhun (Arabic: القصخون, from the Persian compound قصه خون qesse khun "storyteller"), also known as al-Hakawati (Arabic: الحكواتي), is a historic occupation...

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later told in Arabian Nights. Storytelling became a profession called "al-Qaskhun" which survived until the modern era. The four surrounding walls of Baghdad...

the last of its kind that still holds nights where the profession of "al-Qaskhun" is practiced where every night of Ramadan. A professional Baghdadi storyteller...