First of all, the original Aladdin was set in the Maghreb, not the Middle East, second, the original princess was from the Far East and was named Badroulbadour, Disney created a new character Jasmine, and changed its ethnicity to Arabic, that's what you call whitewashing. It's amusing to see the level of ignorance when it comes to the people of the Middle East, whitwashing ? Most middle easterners are Caucasian, some blond with blue eyes, to say that Hollywood is trying to whitewash them is foolish.