Scheherazade Tell Me a Story

In today's Cairo, Hebba, a television talk-show host, produces a successful political talk show on a privately owned network. Her husband, Karim, is the deputy editor-in-chief of a government-owned newspaper. When his promotion is threatened by his wife's meddling in opposition politics on her program, he sweet-talks her into avoiding controversy and devoting her program to other topics. She begins a series of shows about women's issues, revealing the stories of strong, resilient women who, like Scheherazade in One Thousand and One Nights, tell their tales to stay alive. (official distributor synopsis)