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‘I don’t Think there’s any Real Urgency in Hollywood to be Culturally sensitive to Arabs’: The Man who Schooled Jack Ryan on the Region

Omer M Mozaffar, a professor of Islamic studies in Chicago, acted as a consultant on the show to dispel some of the myths about the Arab world, and beyond. He reminded the production team, among other things, that ‘nobody eats falafel in Pakistan’ SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: CHRIS NEWBOULD Whenever we see a new American show set … Continued

‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ and the Quest for Reel Good Arabs

As the fictional CIA agent gets his own series on Amazon, questions are again raised about representation in Hollywood SOURCE: GULF NEWS BY: MARWA HAMAD Hollywood has been guilty of casting non-Arabs in Arab roles for decades, over-representing the ‘Muslim terrorist’ and doing it badly. Ambiguously brown actors standing against dusty backdrops, barking out threats … Continued

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