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This document provides an introduction to the fairy tale "Aladdin" and discusses its origins and various retellings. It notes that while the tale is strongly associated with the Arabic literary collection One Thousand and One Nights, it was not found in early Arabic manuscripts and was instead added by Antoine Galland to his French translation based on stories told to him by a Syrian Christian traveler named Hanna Diyab. Scholars have debated whether the story originated with Diyab or was shaped by Galland,

Author

Filipe Pavel

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