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Episode 23 - Aladdin & The Daevabad Trilogy


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Wherein Justice and Andy conjure up a discussion of the 1992 Disney film Aladdin and The Daevabad Trilogy by S. A. Chakraborty. How are Middle Eastern and North African cultures depicted in these works? In what ways do they employ myth and the supernatural? Given the 24 years between them, do we see a growth in the way that MENA cultures are represented in narrative? Does Jafar deserve eternal slavery as a djinn for forcing the sultan to eat crackers?

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Mismatched TextsBy Justice Hagan & Andrew Hoffmann