Stereotypes in the Sand: The Pacific Film Archive screens a new video exploring how the western media has created a biased image of the Arab world
The Sanfranciscno Bay Guardian, 1990, pp. 36-37
Beginning just after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, the article examines the depiction of Arab stereotypes in the western media. By citing examples as Lawrence of Arabia and I dream of Jeannie, the writer argues that Arabs are seen as base slaves in the western world.
ITEM 1990.037 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Introduction to the end of argument – Jayce Salloum
Introduction to the end of argument – Elia Suleiman