Stories like Sindbad, Aladdin and the Magic Lamp and other popular stories are very common today in Western culture. Animated films have also been made to entertain children about these popular stories. One might wonder where these stories come from and how they appeared and took hold in Western culture. Although these stories are very popular in both Western culture and Eastern culture, the original literary work is not that popular among common people. These stories are some of the stories from the Arabic work "The Thousand and One Nights". The work of “Arabian Nights” basically depicts a woman who is a strong and intelligent idol and continually imaginative and creative. It is an anonymous work widely known in the Arab world. It is an Arabic collection of a thousand tales, derived from the Persian version, telling the story of a king who had the habit of killing his wives after the first night, and who was led to abandon this practice by the Wezir trick. his daughter, who told him a story every evening which she left unfinished at dawn, so that his curiosity led him to spare her until the story was finished. Many people have written about these stories, explaining where they come from, what time period they originated in, how they were changed, as well as literary criticism of the work. The question arises for many historians as to when this work was born. It is said to have originated in Persia in pre-Islamic times and later translated into Arabic. The Norton Anthology of World Masterworks states: The story of The Arabian Nights is vague and its form is as difficult to pin down as that of Colud. The starting point for the work in Arabic was...... middle of paper...... Kirby, WF "The Forbidden Doors of the Arabian Nights". The Folk-Lore Journal 5 (1887):112-124.Lawwal, Mack et al. The Northon Anthology of World Masterpieces. New York: Norton, 1998. Norris, H. T. “The Arabian Nights: A Companion.” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 58 (1995): 148-149. Parker, Margaret. The story of a story across cultures: the case of Doncella Teodor New York: Rochester, 1996. Pinault, David. “The Thousand and One Nights in Arab Literature and Society.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 119 (1999):536-537. Woollcott, Alexander, cries and murmurs; echoes of the first thousand and one nights. New York: Century, 1922. Youssef, Magdi. “Scheherazade in England, a study of English criticism of The Arabian Nights in the 19th century.” International Journal of Middle East Studies 15 (1983):390-391.