Scheherazade is a major character and the storyteller in ''One Thousand and One Nights''. Scheherazade, Shéhérazade, or variants, may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

* ''Shéhérazade'' (1963 film), 1963 French adventure film * ''Shéhérazade'' (2018 film), 2018 French film *

1001 Nights (1990 film) ''Les 1001 Nuits'' is a French-Italian fantasy film loosely based on the ancient Arabic legend ''One Thousand and One Nights''. It is directed by Philippe de Broca and stars Catherine Zeta-Jones as Sheherazade, who has married a king ( Thierry Lher ...

, released in some markets as ''Sheherazade'' * ''Şehrazat'' (film), 1964 Turkish thriller * ''Shahrzad'' (TV series), Iranian romantic and historical drama series * "Scheherazade", episode of ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' season 8

Music

* ''Shéhérazade'' (Ravel), two works by Ravel ** ''Shéhérazade'' (Frederica von Stade recording), 1981 * ''Scheherazade'' (Rimsky-Korsakov), a symphonic suite later adapted for ballet * ''Scheherazade'', 1848 classical composition work of Robert Schumann as part of '' Album for the Young'' * ''Sheherazade'', a 1915 piano piece by Karol Szymanowski * ''Sheherazade'' (Ornella Vanoni album), 1995 * ''Scheherazade'', a 2016 album by Freakwater

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Shéhérazade'', a 1947 play by Jules Supervielle

People

* Shahrzad (Reza Kamal) (1898–1937), Iranian dramatist and playwright * Şehrazat (Şehrazat Kemali Söylemezoğlu, born 1952), Turkish singer-songwriter * Rachel Sheherazade (born 1973), Brazilian journalist *

Shaharzad Akbar Shaharzad Akbar (born 1987) is an Afghan human rights activist who served as the chairperson of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission until the beginning of 2022. Early life and education Akbar was born in Jawzjan Province in 19 ...

(born 1987), Afghan human rights activist *

Shahrazad Ali Shahrazad Ali (born April 27, 1954) is an American author of several books, including a paperback called ''The Blackman's Guide to Understanding the Blackwoman''. The book was controversial bringing "forth community forums, pickets and heated a ...

(born 1954), American author *

Sheherazade Goldsmith Sheherazade Ventura Goldsmith (' Bentley; 14 March 1974) is a British environmentalist, jeweller and columnist. During the 1990s, Goldsmith worked in the fashion industry and, after Year 2000, 2000, engaged in environmental activism undertakin ...

(born 1974), British environmentalist, jeweller and columnist *

Shahrzad Mirgholikhan Shahrzad Mirgholikhan ( fa, شهرزاد میرقلی‌خان) is an Iranian whistleblower. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida convicted her of attempting to import night-vision goggles to Iran, that led to he ...

(born 1977), Iranian whistleblower * Shahrzad Mojab (fl. from 1979), Iranian-Canadian academic *

Shahrzad Rafati Shahrzad Rafati is an Iranian-Canadian chairwoman and CEO of BroadbandTV Corp (BBTV) a global media company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. In October 2020, Rafati led BBTV to its initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Early ...

(born 1979), Iranian-Canadian media executive *

Shahrzad Seifi Shahrzad Seifi (born 1986 in Tehran, Iran), is an Iranian producer and actress. She was the executive producer and also played role in Shahram Mokri's feature films Fish & Cat which Won the Horizon Prize in Venice Film Festival (2013). She also ...

(born 1986), Iranian producer and actress *

Shéhérazade Semsar-de Boisséson Shéhérazade Semsar-de Boisséson (born 27 December 1968) is a Franco-Iranian executive. She is the CEO of McCourt Global. Biography Daughter of the journalist and Editor-in-Chief of ''Kayhan'', Mehdi Semsar (1929–2003), and of Guity Elahi ...

(born 1968), Franco-Iranian executive * Shahrzad Sepanlou (born 1975), Iranian-American singer *

Shérazad Reix Shérazad Reix (née Benamar; born 3 April 1989) is a French former tennis player. Reix has career-high WTA rankings of 204 in singles and 219 in doubles. In her career, she won seven singles titles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. ...

(born 1989), French tennis player

Other uses

Shahrazad (crater) Shahrazad is a large crater on Saturn's moon Enceladus first discovered by the ''Voyager 2'' spacecraft. It is located at 47.3° North Latitude, 199.7° West Longitude and is approximately 20 kilometers across. Shahrazad is the middle crater ...

, on Saturn's moon Enceladus * Scheherazade (yacht), launched 2019 *

643 Scheherezade 643 Scheherezade is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named after the fictional storyteller Sheherazad. References External links Lightcurve plot of 643 Scheherezade Palmer Divide Observatory, ''Brian D. Warner, B. D. Warner'' (2005) A ...

, a minor planet orbiting the Sun *

Scheherazade New Scheherazade New, formerly Scheherazade, is a traditional Naskh styled font for Arabic script created by SIL, freely available under the Open Font License. It supports a wide range of Arabic-based writing system encoded in Unicode. The font offe ...