Nice Step Toward the Eradication of Women's Oppression

Rating: 10/10 (6 June 2019)

I should tell you that what I liked the most was that this new version empowers women, especially the Middle-Eastern ones, many of whom have started believing that they're second-class citizens and that they do not have a voice. Disney has come a long way from Ariel, who's willing to exchange her voice for a chance to be with a man.
I watched this film with my family. All of my friends, acquaintances and neighbours who watched it loved it. What's not to love? It's funny, colourful and entertaining. (Unfortunately I believe many of the negative reviews are not real.)
Some have argued about Indian or Arabian elements in this story. Aladdin's original story is one of many fairy tales of the book called "One thousand and one nights" to be later called (erroneously) Arabian Nights (because the Arabic translation of the book became popular).
The main character in the book, Scheherazade, is recounting tales to the Iranian (Persian) King Shahryar. At the time, Persia was a vast empire which included many lands on it's east and west, where many languages were spoken such as (mainly) Persian, Arabic, Hindi, Turkish etc. by many people of various cultures and races.
Aladdin's story, according to the original book, takes place in Persia (so this could be anywhere in this empire where many different people were bound to cross paths). Some versions have even depicted the princess (the name Jasmine is made up by Disney) as originally East Asian.
Political correctness aside, as an adult, a teacher and a mom, i really enjoyed this. As a woman, and as someone of Middle-Eastern origin, I enjoyed this even more. It gives more power to women than the original. I think as the comedian Maz Jobrani puts it, it's about time for the West to make a film in which you see Middle-Easterners smile, fall in love, dance and have fun, as opposed to the negative roles which are typically assigned to them in Hollywood films, stripping them of their humanity.