Fairytales are fun, but these are so different from the Western ones. Where ours have been made to frighten and contain heavy loads of good and evil, these are more subtle. There is no real evil, most rulers are fair and wise (they might have a temper) and most people are very honest.

The story best known is that of Aladdin, or so I tought as I knew the Disney interpretation but the fairytale is very different from that. The character of Aladdin is not very likeable, as a good adolescent he is a pain in the donkey towards his parents (which he has) and he has unlimited wishes! Also there is no Jasmin but the princess Badroulbadour. Biggest difference is probably that the whole story takes place in China (making the broadway adapation from last year more realistic than expected as their Aladdin was of Azian decent).