Talk:Emerald Sustrai/@comment-35959447-20190603150338/@comment-25396609-20190604012036

The story Alladin was first prominently featured in one thousand and one arabian nights; and the most widely known versions of the tale depict him as being East-Asian rather than West-Asian Chinese/Japanese/etc, there's a lot of sub-groups) or South-Asian (Such as the people of India, Afghanistan, and Nepal)

And again with her appearance potentially being tied to Cleopatra who is often (incorrectly) depicted as being Egyptian (she was in fact Greek, as was the majority of her dynasty.)

Her skin-tone is more in keeping with those common amongst West-Asians than those of African origin, which matches up with the available information as to her allusions quite nicely.