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Ali Baba cultural definition

The title character in “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,” a story from the Arabian Nights. Ali Baba gains the treasure of the thieves, which they keep in a cave with a magical entrance.

  • Ali Baba opens the door of the thieves' cave with the magical password “Open, sesame.”

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