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American movies and media still strongly Islamophobic

Published January 17th, 2013 - 14:26 GMT

Homeland and Zero Dark Thirty are the latest in a stream of increasing media that portays Arabs and Muslims as people to be feared; a beginner’s guide to Lebanon’s oil and gas and Google expands its Street View coverage in Israel .
Afer initially fighting stereotypes in Hollywood, it seems portraying Muslims as terrorists is back in style.
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Christian Christensen – Stockholm University [2]
Nuance, Depth and the Relative Islamophobia of Homeland
Homeland repeats so many Muslim stereotypes, and contains so many errors in fact and detail about Muslim and/or Arab culture, that she labels the program “TV’s most Islamophobic show.”
A Separate State of Mind [3]
Islamophobia and Racism in an American Movie Theatre
Not only is that excuse of movie Zero Dark Thirty grossly inaccurate, nauseatingly stereotypical and a disgustingly shameful propaganda , but it seems to be resonating with its intended audience by rousing up their Islamophobia and racism.
Plus 961 [4]
A beginner’s guide to Lebanon’s oil and gas
Everything you need to know about Lebanon’s oil and gas.
The Next Web ME [5]
Google expands its Street View coverage in Israel with images from ‘hundreds’ of new locations
Google has announced the release of its second wave of Street View images from Israel after the company added 360 degree photography from “hundreds” of new locations in the Middle Eastern country to its Google Maps service.
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[2] http://chrchristensen.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/nuance-depth-and-the-relative-islamophobia-of-homeland/
[3] http://stateofmind13.com/2013/01/17/islamophobia-racism-and-anti-semitism-in-an-american-movie-theatre/
[4] http://www.plus961.com/2013/01/a-beginners-guide-to-lebanons-oil-and-gas/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Plus961+%28Plus+961%29
[5] http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/01/17/google-expands-its-street-view-coverage-in-israel-with-images-from-hundreds-of-new-locations/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TNWMiddleEast+%28The+Next+Web+Middle+East%29