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From Valentino to Bin Laden
The Sheik (1921). Oversexed
sheikh (Rudolph Valentino) whisks fiesty British socialite off
to luxurious desert tent.
Network (1977).
Saudis as medieval fanatics.
Rollover (1981). Saudis
as a sinister force trying to ruin the American economy.
Wrong is Right (1982).
Sheikh gives terrorists two nuclear bombs to drop on New York
and Tel Aviv.
Protocol (1984). Unsophisticated
cocktail waitress is whisked off to the kingdom of El Ohtar
(rathole spelled backwards) where the sheikh will not allow
America to build a military base unless she joins his harem.
Iron Eagle (1986).
US Air Force pilot is shot down by radical Middle Eastern state.
His son and a mate borrow two planes to get dad back and zap the
Arabs.
True Lies (1994). Muslim
terror group called Crimson Jihad steals nuclear weapons and
threatens to detonate them.
The Siege (1998). Middle
East terrorists detonate bombs in New York City. US government
rounds up American Muslims and Arab-Americans into detention
camps
Rules of Engagement (2000).
Arab mob attacks US embassy for no apparent reason. US troops
massacre them. Just what they deserved.
Viewpoints
Hollywood
Harems
A half-hour documentary taking critical aim at Hollywood's
abiding fantasies about all things east.
Filmmakers'
protestations fail to justify 'The Siege'
Judith Gabriel
Yet another American film portraying Arabs and Muslims as
fanatics, extremists, bombers and terrorists. Al
Jadid magazine, Vol. 4, No. 25
(Fall 1998)
The
'towel-heads' take on Hollywood
Rules of
Engagement joins a long line of Hollywood
films portraying Arabs and Muslims as fanatics,
extremists, bombers and terrorists.
Black
Hawk Down
Ridley Scott's film about the 1993 American military fiasco in
Mogadishu. [Arab Media]
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