Forty Thieves

White People Vying to Star in ‘Arabian Nights’ Adaptation
White People Vying to Star in ‘Arabian Nights’ Adaptation
White People Vying to Star in ‘Arabian Nights’ Adaptation
Hollywood has been mining the seminal ‘1001 Arabian Nights’ for ideas for the better part of a century, borrowing characters, details and story beats from the folklore collection and weaving them into all kinds of movies. And for good reason: many of the tales collected within it are astonishing, reflecting a rich, complex society that is completely different from our own. It's the perfect gateway to Islamic culture and often the first step for students of literature who have exhausted what the western world has to offer. And now a bunch of white people are going to make a film version of its most famous story starring, you guessed it, a bunch of white people!