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Arabia nos narra el amor de un muchacho dublines por una muchacha de su barrio, y las peripecias que el primero debe pasar para encontrarla en una feria llamada Arabia. La historia describe muy bien la dinamica de una familia Irlandesa, con caracteristicas muy comunes a muchas otras culturas.

Khaled is a genie who has fallen in love with the beautiful Zehowah, the only child of the powerful Sultan of Nejed. Zehowah is courted by suitors from far and wide. When she seems inclined to accept the proposal of a handsome Indian prince, Khaled, with his special powers, recognizes the prince's deceitful nature and whisks him into the desert to kill and bury him. In consequence, Khaled is punished by losing his rank as a genie and is given the body of a human, though without a soul, which he can obtain only if he wins the love of the proud and headstrong princess Zehowah.