Why Arabs And Muslims Aren't Exotic | AJ+

From Aladdin to Bodak Yellow, the media is obsessed with portraying Arabs and Muslims as exotic and mysterious. So why is this sort of imagery so pervasive?

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[vanetiamentor]

Also how africa ... (yes the whole continent ) get portrayed as poor dusty and and usa as the hero in all situations coming to save the day....

[camilorico]

Most people from the USA never travel abroad so they have a limited view of the world .

[maryamtina]

“Oh you’re Arab! You don’t look like princess jasmine!”
“ yeah sorry I forgot my pet tiger home”
I hate when that happens

[emmarina]

Someone online legit thought I was in a desert living in a tent near the pyramids with only a camel for transportation and no technology available to me because I told them I'm Egyptian...

[atomnium]

We do have cities and malls like you guys we are not aliens lol

[Enjoytheshow]

I’m an Egyptian, born and raised in a Mediterranean town and the only time I’ve seen a desert was in Vegas.

[chewher]

I'm Asian American and I felt the same way when I watched Mulan.

[mounirbaroudi]

I'm from a Moroccan background, but I was born in the US in 1992 and grew up in northern NJ. When I saw Aladdin as a kid, I didn't even register it as an Arab film. I thought it was more Indian-Hindu or something. I think that speaks to how mis-represented the Arab world was. At least now, Disney wouldn't be able to get away with a movie like that again.

[alana]

Princess Jasmine is actually Iraqi from Baghdad. 🇮🇶

[nykclmp]

Americans really need to travel overseas more often...

[munaboulos]

I'm an Arab Christian and i feel like when people say Arabs they mean Muslim.
And I agree when I watched aladdin growing up I saw it as this foreign land because it's so not the reality

[aia]

thanks to this sort of media betrayal my siblings and I grew up “lightly” being called terrorists by other classmates, and I always felt like I had to be extra nice to people to compensate for the bad rep Arabs get in order to assert the “we’re not all inherently evil okay”
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[mranonymous]

Stereotyping a whole country or a religious group based on an imagination . Which they portrait in movies, music only American can do that with their minimum knowledge about outer world and culture and assume something so easily.

[jessica]

Truth! Aladdin is a cool story that is badly executed.

[CassandraBankson]

*Thank you for helping bring this to light! This has a very real impact on arabs, muslims, other stereotyped groups, and those who lived with false ideas or pretenses surrounding them.*

[egbztov]

i am a russian and i lived in egypt for 15 years, and you know what i miss them i wish i can go back and live with them.

[matthewjroth]

And why is the only thing Americans know about Egypt the pyramids and camels? Dang.

[bestryfulhd]

I am an arab .. and i love all my brothers in islam .. 😙😙 especially indonesians and bangladish

[numberone]

Its so annoying non Arabs always think that us Arabs balling and don't know what to do with our money. Sure a lot of Arabs live luxurious lifestyles but that doesn't mean you get to categorize us all like that.

[wilhelmurg]

You need to do one on how Native Americans are portrayed as 19th-century people, and how many Native Americans have taken this on as their "identity, " rather than the image of contemporary people who are still here.