https://padlet.com/sn_metinkaya/8udu8maa3d4e The Arabian Nights is a collection of tales from the Islamic Golden Age, compiled by various authors over many hundreds of years. en-us 2017-06-09 22:09:27 UTC 2023-03-01 01:03:36 UTC hello@padlet.com sn_metinkaya https://padlet.com/sn_metinkaya/8udu8maa3d4e/wish/175924395 Even though each collection of The Arabian Nights was passed down by various writers throughout time and that they all features different stories, they are all centered around the same frame story. A story about the merciless ruler Shahrayar, who summons young girls in his land to his castle to make them his wife, only to kill all who do not interest him. The reason? You may ask, is that after finding out that his first wife was unfaithful, Shahrayar killed her and swore to marry a different woman each night before killing her the following morning to prevent further betrayal. Scheherazade, his vizier's daughter, concocts a plan to end this pattern. She marries Shahrayar, and then begins to tell him a story that night. However, she stops the story in the middle, so that he will be excited to hear the rest the following night. This is their pattern for 1,001 nights 
until Shahrayar has a change of heart.]]> 2017-06-09 22:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sn_metinkaya/8udu8maa3d4e/wish/175924395 sn_metinkaya https://padlet.com/sn_metinkaya/8udu8maa3d4e/wish/175924849 - Aladdin's Lamp
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
- The Three Apples
- The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor
- The Fisherman and the Jinni
- The Vizier and the Sage Duban
- The Three Princes and the Princes Nouronnihar]]> 2017-06-09 22:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sn_metinkaya/8udu8maa3d4e/wish/175924849 sn_metinkaya https://padlet.com/sn_metinkaya/8udu8maa3d4e/wish/175925015 Here's some music that is related to the book's location/setting for you to enjoy during reading the actual book or to simply scroll through my Padlet. ]]> 2017-06-09 22:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sn_metinkaya/8udu8maa3d4e/wish/175925015 sn_metinkaya https://padlet.com/sn_metinkaya/8udu8maa3d4e/wish/175925281 René Bull, from Famous Fairytales (Arabian Nights), ca. 1912.]]> 2017-06-09 22:42:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sn_metinkaya/8udu8maa3d4e/wish/175925281 sn_metinkaya https://padlet.com/sn_metinkaya/8udu8maa3d4e/wish/175942920 Scheherazade, also commonly known as Sheherazade Op. 35, is a symphonic suite originally composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888 and based on The Arabian Nights. Here, we have the song, composed by Rimsky Korsakov's. ]]> 2017-06-10 09:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sn_metinkaya/8udu8maa3d4e/wish/175942920 sn_metinkaya https://padlet.com/sn_metinkaya/8udu8maa3d4e/wish/175943359 Did you know that there was a cartoon adaption of The Arabian Nights. "1001 Nights" is a Canadian animated TV series that premiered on Teletoon in Canada on Christmas Day 2011, airing on Disney Channel in the United States a week later. ]]> 2017-06-10 10:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sn_metinkaya/8udu8maa3d4e/wish/175943359 sn_metinkaya https://padlet.com/sn_metinkaya/8udu8maa3d4e/wish/176111802 Even though the soap opera takes time in modern days, the plot of Turkish drama series "1001 Nights" is solemnly connected to the Arabian Nights. This Turkish drama tells about the lovestory of Şehrazat (presumably based off of Scheherazade) and Onur (presumably based off of Shahrayar): Şehrazat, a talented architect who works in a construction company owned by Onur Aksal and another character. She is the mother of a five-year old boy who suffers from leukemia and needs an urgent and very expensive surgery. Only her boss Onur, who is secretly attracted to her, accepts to give her the money on condition that she spends one night with him...]]> 2017-06-12 14:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sn_metinkaya/8udu8maa3d4e/wish/176111802 sn_metinkaya https://padlet.com/sn_metinkaya/8udu8maa3d4e/wish/176112795 If you haven't noticed yet, the popular Disney animation "Aladdin" is based off of the story "Aladdin's Lamp" Scheherazade told Shahrayar in the Arabian Nights. 

Here are some interesting facts you probably didn't know about the original story of Aladdin.

- Rather than the Middle East, the story takes place in western China
- In the earliest versions of the story, Aladdin is not an orphaned street urchin but a lazy boy living at home with his mother
- Rubbing the lamp original gifted Aladdin unlimited wishes]]> 2017-06-12 14:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sn_metinkaya/8udu8maa3d4e/wish/176112795 sn_metinkaya https://padlet.com/sn_metinkaya/8udu8maa3d4e/wish/176115580 Though the first edition of Arabian Nights contained no pictures, the late 18th century saw a flourishing of illustrated editions. Here is a good example: 

(Sidi Nouman’s vengeance on his wife. Illustration by Sir John Tenniel, 1865)]]> 2017-06-12 15:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sn_metinkaya/8udu8maa3d4e/wish/176115580 sn_metinkaya https://padlet.com/sn_metinkaya/8udu8maa3d4e/wish/176116314 The first color take on the tales came Walter Crane in his 1876 Aladdin’s Picture Book. Crane was also among the first to consider the visual tastes of children, reining in a new era of designing storytelling for young readers.

(Aladdin’s Picture Book Arabian Nights. Illustration by Walter Crane, 1878)]]> 2017-06-12 15:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sn_metinkaya/8udu8maa3d4e/wish/176116314