So what were some of those creative choices from the original Aladdin that come off as cringeworthy today? The first—and most controversial—came right in the opening credits. “Arabian Nights” ...

A Baltimore County elementary school has decided to cancel the school's drama club production of "Aladdin Jr." after receiving complaints from parents saying the play promotes stereotypes of Arab ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The description of Arabs as barbaric in Disney’s Aladdin Jr. is why Westowne Elementary School in Baltimore County, Md., has ...

Controversy ensued immediately after Disney announced that it would remake Aladdin, the cartoon fantasy film released in 1992. The outcry centred largely on the casting for the film, and specifically, ...

WEBVTT PLAY LAST MONTH. IT WAS DUE TO GO ON IN FEBRUARY. THE SCHOOL HELD A MEETING TONIGHT EXPLAINING WHY THEY DECIDED TO CANCEL. SOME PARENTS AGREE. OTHERS DON’T. AFTER THE WEST TOWN ELEMENTARY DRAMA ...

To find the cast for its upcoming live-action reboot of the 1992 animated classic Aladdin, Disney and director Guy Ritchie reportedly undertook a months-long, worldwide search with an estimated 2,000 ...

Try to remember the most recent movie with an Arab hero and usually, after some eye-squinting and head-scratching, only one comes to mind. You guessed it: Aladdin. Our carpet-levitating friend with ...

The Arab industry is hoping Walt Disney’s live-action production of Aladdin is its flying carpet to a whole new world of opportunity and screen identity in Hollywood. Arab social media lit up the ...

Sharjah: Packed with impeccable narration and soulful music, the stage performance of famed Arabian fable Aladdin swept the theatre lovers off their feet as it took them to a magical journey of ...

As a child in the late Nineties, I lived for Aladdin. Yet no actual Arabs or even Indians were involved in the cartoon. By Neha shah Production on Disney’s new live-action Aladdin, directed by Guy ...