A thief who sees himself as a smart antiquities collector finds himself in a fantastical place when he unearths a magic lamp and a genie inside that holds secrets of his past and present.

SYNOPSIS:

JACK STANFORD, an intelligence officer, moping in Dubai after the Gulf War, is tricked into finding a magic lamp that has the power to bring back life. Jack and his war buddy NATE find the Lamp, but Jack falls in love with the beautiful genie REZANA and wrestles over whether to use all three wishes to bring back his dead love, gain unlimited wealth or free the beautiful genie. The Lamp is also being sought by Islamists as a religious icon, the Israelis, the CIA, and a fanatical Arab police chief BELGARES, who is going to use the Lamp to destroy America and Israel. It is an action premise based around the familiar tale of Aladdin's lamp and a love story — because Jack and Rezana seem to know each other from the past.

THE THIEF OF DUBAI