مؤسسة الشرق الأوسط للنشر العلمي
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ABSTRACT
Over the past two decades, Hollywood has produced a significant number of films addressing the Arab character, the Middle East, and Muslim-related issues. Events such as 9/11 in the United States have intensified Hollywood’s spotlight on Muslim Arabs. Many of these films such as True Lies (1994), and The Siege (1998), offer the American audience with a variety of Arab stereotypes, such as the Muslim terrorist, the martyrdom, the victimized veiled woman, and the religious fanatics. Hollywood is an influential factor when it comes to determining how the average Americans view Arabs and the stereotypical ideas, they have about them (Aguayo 2009). It is therefore, important to understand how the portrayal of the Arab character in Hollywood affects the traditional stereotypes. The event of 9/11 has been examined in different ways. What is clear is that the event marks the change in the American history, although it actually continues to perpetuate the old myth that in America, the enemy is always from the outside, and not within (Ayish 2003). Mustafa Taha (2014) sees this event as changing the global political landscape. Suddenly, everything is about the US, and the history of the world is dictated by the 9/11 event. Significant signifiers that are identified as the target of media scrutiny post 9/11 are the change of the Arab and Muslim identity and their portrayal in the media. These signs are rampant and formed a pattern that reflects the idea that all Arabs [are] Muslims [and] all Muslims [are] Arabs