Is Aladdin really Chinese? How Hollywood invented the tale's Middle Eastern identity
The original story was set in China and added to the first European version of the Arabian Nights folk story collection in the 19th century. When Hollywood put the story on the silver screen from the 1920s onwards, it shifted to the Middle East.
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“Aladdin”, the classic tale of the plucky boy and his magic lamp, is known and loved by children and adults across the globe.
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Is Aladdin really Chinese? How Hollywood invented the tale's Middle Eastern identity
Aladdin (1952); B. S. Rajhans period musical loosely based on the tale of Aladdin and his magic lamp
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