11/22/2023 0 Comments Aladdin jr rubbing the lamp![]() Viewers of the Disney-film versions of Aladdin’s story will not be surprised when Aladdin is introduced as “a scatter-brained scapegrace from his birth”. The story is set in China – proof, I suppose, that readers in the Arab world, during the medieval era when these stories were set down, were just as interested as people all over the world of today in experiencing a bit of vicarious travel through stories that are set in exotic, “foreign” locales. ![]() And whether one reads this story from classical Arabia as Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, or as ‘Ala-ed-Din and the Wonderful Lamp, one experiences the pleasure of turning to one of the most important and influential stories ever written. ![]() Aladdin’s name would probably be better translated as ‘Ala-ed-Din but it is as Aladdin that he is universally known, and therefore I will follow popular usage in calling him Aladdin throughout this review.
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