Many subjects of Scheherazade stories

I believe the answer is:

arabs

(Other definitions for arabs that I've seen before include "Semites" , "Fine horses" , "Graceful horses" , "eg Saudis" , "Semitic people in the Middle East and northern Africa" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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