- HAIL: An old lady from Qassim was so moved by the stories told by Saudi storyteller Shaimah Al-Shamri that she wanted her own son to marry the storyteller so that she could listen to the stories every day.
According to a local newspaper report, the illiterate lady announced her decision to accept the storyteller as her daughter-in-law in the middle of the narration of a touching story of a Bedouin romance.
However, the young short-story writer declined the offer saying that she already had a husband. The storytelling event took place on the sidelines of the Hail Rally 2010.

