Rafik Schami: The woman who sold her husband at the flea market Rafik Schami tells how he became one of Germany's most popular storytellers. He talks about his childhood in Damascus, when there were still storytellers who spun their yarn in the coffee house, he draws a loving portrait of his grandfather, who was a great fibber himself, and he thinks about how fairy tales came into the world. A wonderful reading book by the story magician Rafik Schami. Biography