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|region=North America
|region=North America
|artist=Disney
|artist=Disney
|subject=Racial/Ethnic
|subject=Political/Economic/Social Opinion
|confronting_bodies=American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
|confronting_bodies=American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
|medium=Film/Video, Music
|medium=Music
|date_of_action=July 1993
|date_of_action=July 1993
|description_of_content='Arabian Nights,' the opening theme of the Disney film "Aladdin," originally featured lyrics describing an Arab country as "a faraway place/...where they cut off your ear/if they don't like your face."  
|description_of_content='Arabian Nights,' the opening theme of the Disney film ''Aladdin,'' originally featured lyrics describing the fictional Arab city in which the film takes place as "a faraway place/...where they cut off your ear/if they don't like your face/ it's barbaric, but hey, it's home!"
|description_of_incident=Various Arab groups throughout the United States, including the aforementioned American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, criticized composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman as racist.
|description_of_incident=Various Arab groups throughout the United States, including the aforementioned American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, criticized composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman as racist.
|description_of_result=After it's release and receiving several Oscars for musical score, Disney agreed to change the two lines.
|description_of_result=After it's release and receiving several Oscars for musical score, Disney agreed to change the two lines.
|image=Arabian Nights.png
|image=Arabian Nights.png
|source=The LA Times [[http://articles.latimes.com/1993-07-10/entertainment/ca-11747_1_altered-lyric]]
|source=https://articles.latimes.com/1993-07-10/entertainment/ca-11747_1_altered-lyric
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Artist: Disney

Year: 1992

Date of Action: July 1993

Region: North America


Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion

Medium: Music

Confronting Bodies: American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

Description of Artwork: 'Arabian Nights,' the opening theme of the Disney film Aladdin, originally featured lyrics describing the fictional Arab city in which the film takes place as "a faraway place/...where they cut off your ear/if they don't like your face/ it's barbaric, but hey, it's home!"

The Incident: Various Arab groups throughout the United States, including the aforementioned American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, criticized composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman as racist.

Results of Incident: After it's release and receiving several Oscars for musical score, Disney agreed to change the two lines.

Source:
https://articles.latimes.com/1993-07-10/entertainment/ca-11747_1_altered-lyric