arab countries

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arab countries

Aladdin and the magic lamp

1980
Retells the adventures of Aladdin who, with the aid of a genie from a magic lamp, fights an evil magician and wins the hand of a beautiful princess.

Arabian nights

three tales
1995
A retelling of three Arabian nights tales: Aladdin, The Queen of the Serpents, and The Lost city of Ubar.

Aladdin

1992
Based on Disney's "Aladdin," a story that relates the adventures of Aladdin, Princess Jasmine, and the genie in the lamp in faraway Arabia.

The rose's smile

Farizad of the Arabian nights
1997
Only the courage of the beautiful Farizad is able to bring happiness out of the evil deeds of her mother's two jealous older sisters.

Disney's Aladdin

1992
A retelling of the adventures of Aladdin, who, with the aid of a genie from a magic lamp, fights an evil sorcerer and wins the hand of a beautiful princess.

Aladdin

1993
Recounts the tale of a poor tailor's son who becomes a wealthy prince with the help of a magic lamp he finds in an enchanted cave. Illustrations are from the movie "Aladdin" by the Walt Disney Company.

The seven voyages of Sinbad the sailor

2007
Presents an illustrated retelling of the seven voyages of Sinbad that features sea-monsters, man-eating ogres, and the Old Man of the Sea.

How many donkeys?

an Arabic counting tale
2009
When Jouha counts the ten donkeys carrying his dates to market, he repeatedly forgets to count the one he is riding on, causing him great consternation. Includes numbers written out in Arabic and in English transliteration, as well as the numerals one through ten, and a note on the origins and other versions of the story.

Forty fortunes

a tale of Iran
1999
A well-intentioned fortune-telling peasant unwittingly tricks a band of local thieves into returning the king's stolen treasure.

Seven daughters & seven sons

1994
A retelling of a traditional Arabic tale in which a young woman disguises herself as a man and opens up a shop in a distant city in order to help her impoverished family.

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