ONE BILLION AND ONE DIRHAM - FINANCIAL FAIRY TALES
An original and fun gift for anyone in finance: the world’s famous fairy tales… turned into a financial setting. This collection of some 25 short fairy tales is mostly based on the narrative of the world’s famous fairy tales: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Sinbad the Sailor, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Hansel and Gretel, Baron Münchhausen and many more. Find out… -Which financial wishes the magic Khalila app fulfils when she appears after Khalid swipes his phone screen. -How Sin-Bad the Bond Salesman sails the Sea of Ponzi and visits Short-sellers Island to become a star investment banker. -What Black Monday sees when she looks into the mirror on Wall Street. -If Little Red Account Balance survives the Big Bad Wolf of Wall Street. -If Beauty finds her Banker.
Erik Vrij has been a banking and investment lawyer with global banks for over 22 years. His business thriller debut WHITE INK became one of the most remarkable thriller debuts in the Netherlands, sold in over 30 countries. Based in Abu Dhabi, he has been inspired by the view from his apartment and the famous 1001 Arabian Nights to write this collection of financial fairy tales. Title and cover calligraphy art by Wissam Shawkat, ‘The (Gulf) Region’s most celebrated calligraphy artist’ - VOGUE ARABIA.
