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Arabian Nights, the
     
Arabian Nights, the also the Thousand and One Nights
a collection of Arabic stories from the 10th century, including Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sinbad. The stories are told by Scheherazade, a young woman who prevents her cruel husband from killing her by amusing him with a different story every night for a thousand and one nights.
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