A "mind-blowing revision" of scholars' understanding of the origins of the Aladdin story is underway When the new live-action adaptation of Disney’s animated classic, Aladdin, hits theaters on Friday, ...

The author of The Book of Travels (Kitāb al-Siyāḥah), Ḥannā Diyāb, became known to Western scholarship more than a century after his death, when his name was discovered in the diaries of Antoine ...

A horror reimagination of Aladdinis in the works. Disney's animated film, released in 1992, is based on the collection of Middle Eastern folktales, One Thousand and One Nights. Weaving magic and ...

The Walt Disney Company officially began in 1923. Since then, the company has managed to create a dynasty. Disney has an untouchable reputation when it comes to producing and creating films. Disney ...

Disney‘s Aladdin character came out in 1992, and some of the inspirations behind the animated features speak to the early ’90s. But the tale of Aladdin dates back way longer than that, and he might ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Cameras start rolling next month in the UK on Aladdin: The Monkey's Paw, a new feature described as a "dark, supernatural reimagining" of the Aladdin story from Empire Studios, Every ...

The creators of the Disney children's musical "Aladdin, Jr." likely didn't mean for the hero to be upstaged by a whip-smart book worm of a young bride. And we're not even talking about his beloved, ...

When the new live-action adaptation of Disney’s animated classic, Aladdin, hits theaters on Friday, it will be just the latest step in the very long history of the tale — one with surprising origins.