Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Open Sesame! Ali Baba is an impoverished woodcutter, living in the shadow of his wealthy yet lazy brother. Yet his life changes drastically when he accidentally witnesses the notorious Forty Thieves drop their loot in their magic lair! The discovery of the Thieves' treasure wins Ali Baba fortune, but leads him into conflict with his brother, and later with the Forty Thieves!

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MYTHOLOGY HAS BEEN TOLD AND RETOLD IN MANY FORMS ACROSS TIME, STORIES AND ACCOUNTS MAY VARY.

MUSIC:
"Magic Lamp" by 5-Gram Healing
"Desert Dance" by Filip Lackovic

OPENING:
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ARTISTS FEATURED:
Anita Tung
Arthur Rackham
Milo Winter
John Millar Watt
Maxfield Parrish
Aguaplano art
Edmund DuLac
Robert Ayton
Halil Ural
Leonardo Schiezari
Alvaro Guttierez
Hadi Rabzm
Clint Hilsinki

REFERENCES:
"Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" translated by Sir Richard F. Burton
bartleby.com/lit-hub/hc/stories-from-the-thousand-and-one-nights/the-story-of-ali-baba-and-the-forty-thieves
cosgrrrl.com/beyond-shahrazad-feminist-portrayals-of-women-in-the-arabian-nights-922af1bcd59c

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