The point of this propaganda is aligning the world (i.e. the West) with Israel. Make them understand that we, Israelis, are more like you, Westerners. We are peace-loving people, not like those “animals.”
Tag Archives | Orientalism
ABC’s ‘Alice in Arabia’ Is Racist
The pilot, which riffs on the Alice in Wonderland tale, reinforces old racist tropes in which an American girl (presumably a white girl) is threatened by scary “other” people of color.
The Fruits of Tunisia’s Uprising: An Extraordinary Constitution
A remarkable achievement that is being universally praised shatters age-old myths about Arab and Muslim societies and serves as an example for the region.
Asad Q. Ahmed: Islam’s invented Golden Age
The title doesn’t mean what you think it does.
Sana Saeed: Tunisia and “Sexual Jihad”
Despite the lack of clear evidence of a sex war pandemic, this hasn’t stopped news media outlets all over the world from grabbing, expanding and running with this story.
Ben Youcef: The Hollywood Actor Who Gives the Call to Prayer
NPR covers a story on a Muslim actor/part time Muezzin and spices it up with Orientalist descriptors.
‘Valentino’s Ghost’ hits media’s portrayal of Arabs, Muslims
Michael Singh’s documentary connects the USA’s foreign policy agenda to America’s negative portrayals of Arabs and Muslims.
Zionism and Islamophobia: Initial Encounters with Islam and Muslims
Zionism viewed Muslims/Arabs as essentially different in their very being to European Jews.
Topless Jihad vs. Muslimah Pride
Muslim Women Shockingly Not Grateful for Topless European Ladies Trying To ‘Save’ Them
Glen Bowersock: In the Shadow of the Sword by Tom Holland–Review
Tom Holland’s swashbuckling study of the origins of Islam is one of the most irresponsible works on Arabia in recent memory.
Islamophobia and Adoption
Those with an axe to grind concerning Islam would do better than to hide their phobic attitudes behind institutions such as adoption.
“Islamophobia” is not a Neologism Anymore–it’s Mainstream
The conversation on whether Islamophobia is a phobia verges on the pedantic.
Islam, Orientalism and the West
Between 1800 and 1950 sixty thousand books were written about “Islam and the Orient.”