Shalabieh Al Hakawatieh شلبية الحكواتية

Sally Shalabi is a professional storyteller known as Shalabieh Al Hakawtieh, a playful name inspired by her family name & her profession. Shalabieh's practice has her researching & telling stories from Bilad Al Sham (the Levant) as well as other traditions & regions.Her repertoire includes folktales, testimonies, contemporary stories for adults and children. She is also the first woman to tell the bio-epic of Al Thaher Beibers (the Mamluk king) 

She tells her stories in both English and Arabic as well as performing collaboratively and as a dual-language storyteller. She also hosts storytelling podcasts Shalabieh Al Hakawatieh, Shalabiyat and Zaghareed. 

سالي شلبي  حكواتية محترفة و معروفة باسم مستوحى من اسم عائلتها ومهنتها: شلبية الحكواتية. 
تنقب وتبحث الشلبية عن قصص بلاد الشام الشعبية والمعاصرة لتحكيها بعروضها للكبار والصغار ولا تتوقف هنالك انما تحكي القصص من الموروث العالمي أيضا. في جعبتها ومخزونها القصصي القصص الشعبية و الخرافات والشهادات والقصص المعاصرة أيضا.