Essays about: "Arabs"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the word Arabs.

1. 1. How Ramy Challenges Arab Stereotypes in American Media : A study of an Arab-American comedy drama

   University essay from Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för individ och samhälle

   Author : Peregrin Frost; [2023]
   Keywords : Hollywood; TV; Arabs; Stereotypes; Discourse Analysis;

   Abstract : The portrayal of Arabs and Muslims in American film and television has been a lopsided affair since the beginnings of Hollywood movie production. Over the course of film and TV production during the twentieth century, and later, Hollywood and TV production companies has used the Arab as a negative trope to negatively stereotype them, or to elevate the perception of American characters in contrast to the presentation of the baser character of the Arab. READ MORE

3. 2. Strategies of counter Image-Making of Arabs' portrayals in Swedish films through a Decolonial Approach

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK-Valand - Högskolan för konst och design

   Author : Yaser Kassab; [2022-06-01]
   Keywords : Representation; Otherness; Eurocentrism; Stereotypification; Arab portrayals in films; Power structures; Symbolic violence;

   Abstract : Many groups and marginalized communities have been struggling for better representation in the media and film in different countries for many reasons. One of them is the direct effects of stereotypification on their lives. READ MORE

4. 3. The Abraham Accords: Yesterday’s foes, tomorrow's friends? : A Qualitative case analysis of the Geopolitical-Economic drivers of the AbrahamNormalization Accords

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Adel Harmoush; [2022]
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   Abstract : Throughout the years that followed the establishment of the state of Israel, the relations between the Arabs and Israel have never been open and transparent as they were after the announcement of the Abraham Accords. The Abraham Accords refer to the normalization agreement between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain that was announced on the the15th of September 2020. READ MORE

5. 4. The Spectacle of the Alien/Migrant An exploration through Hollywood Science fiction and Horror Movies before and after 9/11

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Jonathan Cardenas; [2021]
   Keywords : science-fiction; horror; blockbuster; representation; alien; the other; myth; immigration; migrant; Hollywood; orientalism; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis aims at addressing the question of the representation of the Other within current dominant visual media. The Other, in the context of this thesis, refers to any minority community group identified as different from a certain dominant norm; depending on the context it could correspond to groups such as Women, Afro-Americans or Arabs. READ MORE

6. 5. Bilingual Peace Education in Israel: A case study on The School for Peace at Neve Shalom/ Wahat al-Salam : The path towards peaceful behaviours and social integration among Arabs and Jews

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Jasmin Khwaiter; [2021]
   Keywords : Bilingual peace education; Israeli education; behaviours; social integration; Jürgen Habermas’s theory of communicative action; The School of Peace; Neve Shalom Wahat al-Salam;

   Abstract : This essay examined how bilingual peace education can promote peaceful behaviours and social integration among otherwise segregated Arab- Israelis and Jewish- Israelis. By using The School for Peace at Neve Shalom/ Wahat al-Salam as a case study, accompanied with Jürgen Habermas theory of communicative action and New institutionalism with a conflict critical approach, we observed the behavioural mechanisms of institutions and social interactions. READ MORE