Why do Arabs value poetry but not Arabian Nights?

Poetry is the literature and history of Arabs and the main form and content of ancient Arab cultural life. Outstanding poets have emerged in every era, and they have a very lofty position in society and play an important role. Poets in different periods of ancient Arabia demonstrated the charm of Arab national spirit through the literary form of poetry. We know the history and social reality of Arabs through these poems. Hegel also spoke highly of ancient Arab poetry in Aesthetics. However, after all, poets are a minority, and ancient Arabia, where poetry is not highly popular in culture, can only be a minority literature.

Many stories in Arabian Nights come from ancient Persian, Egyptian and Iraqi folklore, but the Arab people absorbed, melted, transformed and recreated them, making them truly and vividly reflect the life of Arab society. Most of these stories praise and praise the kindness and wisdom of the people, and attack and expose the sins and crimes of the bad guys. Stories include myths and legends, fables, fairy tales, love stories, sailing adventures and court anecdotes. It includes many stories that we are familiar with today, and it has also inspired countless poets, scholars, painters and musicians in the East and West. Even Grimm's fairy tales, Andersen's fairy tales and Pushkin's fairy tales are influenced by their related contents to varying degrees, and some Kazakh stories of China ethnic minorities are similar to it. A story series can have such a huge and far-reaching impact, and its artistic life can be seen. The vitality of this art comes from the people. The creator of the story is the people, the disseminator is the people, and it tells the people's lives. Therefore, the Arab people certainly attach more importance to their own people's literature.