STEREOTYPING ARABS - A Timeless Hollywood Tradition
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- Arabs suffer from a long and systematic stereotyping from the West. From the Orientalist movement of the 18th century till today, Western perceptions of Arabs and by extension Muslims, are based on what they have been conditioned to believe through the media be it in the form of literature, art, and more recently, movies and television, the tribal sheikh, the belly dancing concubine, the filthy rich oil billionaire and the token terrorist. How has this impacted how Arabs and Muslims in today's world? Arabs still do not attain the level of humanity equal to the West. Westerners still feel entitled to the possessions of Arabs be them natural resources or lands and are still treated as uncivilised and educated.
Hollywood has had a significant role in creating this reality. Ever since the late 19th century , the Western film industry has promoted negative interpretations of Arab societies, belief systems and their intentions for life. This video will take you on an analysis of the history of such a strategic process of dehumanising Arabs and Muslims.
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Thank you for exposing real anti-Semitism and our mental biases that all of us Hollywood consumers have.
Blackfox792. I dont know what to say but to say thank you from the core of my being. Your support will be put to great use in making this channel better and most likely towards the improvement of the quality. Again I am humbled by your kindness.
800 views tells the story of narrative control and so called "free speech"
Dont worry about the views @mpty2022. It's all good. If it's a powerful message, it will get its due.
Zionist Hollywood been Demonizing Arabs/Muslims to desensitize the world to War Crimes.
It Failed.
Great summary. The events in ghaza have broken some of the misconceptions and exposed the realities of western governments.
Yes. Cracked I believe is the more appropriate term. We need to push on and expose this narrative that has misrepresented and misjudged us for so long.
As an Arab im glad people have started to call out and notice the amount of racist misrepresentation in hollywood about Arabs.
And we should keep calling it. out till things change for the better.
It's not terribly surprising if you know who created the major studios and who runs all the talent agencies
@@Stevie-J came here to say this. The same people committing the g3n0cide
Racist correct-representation**
Zionist Hollywood been Demonizing Arabs/Muslims to desensitize the world to War Crimes.
It Failed.
As an Arab i thank you my good sir for this amazing quality stuff
Ehab thank you for wonderful words of support. Hopefully you enjoy more of the content on this channel. 🙏🏼
@@thekandarichronicles excited to see more ♥️
@@thekandarichroniclesyouve got a sub from me please dont change your channle is amazing
@ommohammad7277, no one is changing anything. The only changes are more quality and more quantity.
Zionist Hollywood been Demonizing Arabs/Muslims to desensitize the world to War Crimes.
It Failed.
none of it is a coincidence, opinions shape policy which shapes geopolitics. great video, thank you
I dont believe in coincidences so I definitely agree with your assessment.
Zionist Hollywood been Demonizing Arabs/Muslims to desensitize the world to War Crimes.
It Failed.
It’s funny to notice how Aladdin's film mixed and mistaked absurdly between Arabic, Persian, Ottoman and Indian cultures, and this appears clearly in many things such as wears, elephants and music etc.. everything in Aladdin doesn’t resprent Arabian culture well
Agreed. It's a hodge podge of stereotypes blended into one. But it's still effective in misrepresenting a people, by misrepresenting a people.
Because to our enemies, we're all the same: Asiatic barbarian hoards.
I totally agree! The middle-east is seen as this huge monolith, that all the cultures which inhabits it are the same, but that’s not the case at all. A mazandari person (from northern iran) will have a completelly different culture, food, music, and overall appearence than a jordanian person will, for instance.
" they're just Arabs" - I feel this is Another piece of racism, being too lazy to fact check and represent reality.
@@Voyage.001 They put everything but not actual Arabs, the only Arab thing in Aladdin is the traditional coffee pot (Dallah) which they put it as magical lamp
They don't call those stereotypical racist movies
" anti semitic "
What a surprise !
Exactly, selective judgment it is!
Antisemite was a term coined by a German in the 19th century specifically to distinguish hating Jews for ethnic reasons rather than religious. He wanted to clarify this as a “scientific” hatred rather than the more traditional religious hatred because he was a secular man that didn’t want to be lumped in with Catholics. It was never intended for Arabs or any other semitic group.
@@badart3204 well you can't use the word semite and not include actual semites.
I really admire the quality of your videos, I am glad this channel exists.
Thank you Nisar and I am glad you found this channel. Your kind words are wonderful to hear.
thanks man im arab and when i first saw how Hollywood shows us i was very furious
Thousands of movies that simply just hate on us and with lies beyond belief my
Especially on woman like i just couldn't understand woman are so honored here especially in Syria Egypt Saudi Qatar yeman oman
A story we are taught at a young age is how when Muhammads followers seeked asylum in another city the people there that didn't want them told the cities judge how Muhammed believed that the woman should be honored more than any other and there mistakes should be excused the judge asked the men why do you think that
The muslim men asked him who carried you in the belly for 9 months
Who taught you to talk walk and eat
Who do you go to When in fear
He answered my mom
The Muslim man then asked are you saying with all your heart that the person that does all this without anything to gain shouldn't be honored (even if you don't believe the story they teach it to us and the Arabs go by it)
And Muslim women at Muhammads time could work on land teach had equal rights
My whole childhood and even as i grew up i felt jealous of how much woman have so much freedom of what they can do
Seriously when i first saw the American preceptive i was very surprised
One question why do you respect your mom and honer her but not the mom leaving down the street
Please whenever you see arabs in movies remember that the cia sees the script and can edit it at well because they fund sooo many movies
Random fact a 1400 years ago all forms of slavery where banned by islam and every body was free 1200 years later in America it was still normal
You may ask yourself how would you feel if you lived at the time well nothing cause it was normal
Just like 10000 killed children
And more than 300000 living in an area of Manhattan with random adults because like most are either trying to defend gaza or there simply dead
And there starving and its normal somehow and its more important to talk about some 20 year old protesters i. Collages even though 90% of students are with the protests
İts simply dumb to talk about 20 year olds not going to school for a week or so
And forget 2 million people 40000 already dead
Hundred thousand expected to die of starvation if food is not supplied
Thank you And for your elaborate commentary and insight. Yes Islam is a religion of peace and justice. It is a conservative faith as are all faiths. Islam in its history was extremely tolerant especially when compared to nations that today are supposedly the more civilised. But we must also acknowledge that there are those that have abused the faith in seeking power and this we must address as a collective to right that path.
I thank you again for your comment my brother.
@@thekandarichronicles
I couldn't agree more
there where many bad actors
Some Came to power and did horrible things under the name of İslam
But some people think this is just an İslam thing but no there will always be bad actors in all cultures and religions
Many of those islamaphobes are one of your video's away to change there mind
or maybe just see the other perspective of this centuries old story where they only heard how one side wrote it
I thank you on behalf of all my family on shedding light on Truth and uncovering propaganda talking points so that people can think more about how and why an Arab is portrayed in Hollywood movies the way he is
Sorry i dont want to sound stupid, but if i women doesnt have a child does she still recieve a lesser punishment
@@neogivxapwntcpaa
Sorry if I don't understand what you're asking
What punishment are you talking about?
What do you mean if you don't have a child?
I'm so sad for you, my friend.
Hollywood insults only which countries they couldn't colonize, wanting colonize and they couldn't agree in history.
High level content and very true, Allah has gifted you with a documentary voice which makes it even more interesting to follow your videos from A to Z
Thank you so much for your kind words. Love the fact it’s A to Z. Means a lot to me. 🙏🏼
This is real anti-Semitism, many believe that the term should only be applied to Jewish people but what about other Semitic people like Arabs, Amhara, Tigray, etc? Thank you for this great post.
Exactly Malam. Taking possession of a word and make it only about a select few shouldn't be right. Think how that word has been redefined to fit a certain purpose.
@@thekandarichronicles You are completely correct.
@@MalamIbnMalam Appreciated Madam. hope to see your commentary in the future releases my friend.
arabs and africans 🍵
Hollywood: Look! Arabs is anti-Seminic!
They literally ignoring they killed Jews or exiled them in World War 2.
Look up who runs Hollywood, and it should be made clear why this trend exists.
I think one could make that link and determine who the agenda makers truly are.
J.. amaicans?
@@MobBjj1
Close enough.
@@Wildwildmint No, it's just Americans.
@@j.r.8176if youre scared im not , its zionazis ,those disgusting filth have this in their belief system , to degrade others , dehumanize them and simplify other's existence because they think theyre above all humans for some reason (theyre not)
The newest stereotype that should be added to the list is the "Good Muslim." A Muslim that sleeps around with many people, sometimes drinks alcohol, usually has a grudge against oppressive parents/family/culture. These characters are saying, yes Muslims can be good, as long as they don't act Muslim.
Thats a very good one. Never thought of it but I see where it is coming from and where it will lead to. Thank you for sharing.
@@thekandarichronicles I think the first time I noticed this was the character Sayid from the show Lost. The show kept reminding us he's Muslim but he was barely practicing. Now I see this trope often. The show Rami is another recent example
This needs to go viral
Thank you. If it does it does. If it doesn't then it shouldn't have but regardless appreciate your support big time.
Eewwwwww, good one Tareq. Stay safe my friend, as the most obvious connections and intent are powerfully made plain here. On a brighter note, excellent job, this is soooo well created I truly wish it could be utilized as a PSA.
Side note: The images you share in these videos often are so beautiful & rich in detail my eyes need a smidgen longer to see and better absorb them. Tho the pace here adds nicely to the subliminal aspect of the topic. Shalom🕯️☯️🕊️
Thank you Brenda. Sorry if the imagery is a tad too quick for you. It's a fine line between too long and too quick in videos. I will keep it in mind for future content and I really appreciate these types of comments. Want my content to be constantly improved. Always enjoy your feedback and I hope some of this content operate as a PSA even on an individual by individual case.
Shalom back at ya!
Yeah I get it's tricky to balance. There's always the pause feature!
Will figure out the balance. Soon.
@@thekandarichroniclesActually I watched it again and the timing wasn't bad really. Fears are used too often like a tool when it comes to 'other's' it makes me ill. Good bit in the middle about how some Arab's are Christian tho go unnoticed by the west. I have never understood how much supposed Christians feel superior and dismissive to others - always the sad, better or lesser than dynamic at play... E vs W too.
Great video, i rarely see anyone talking about the blatant anti-arab racism in movies/games/media. this channel deserves more subs
HI3396 we all have to talk about injustice. Even that committed by us. We need more sympathy and less judgement.
And as for subscribers, they will come. As long as there are wonderful subscribers such as yourself engaging and giving their time and insights, the channel will be what it's meant to be.
This is really informative and covers so much in such a short time. I grew up as a white homeschooled conservative and when I was a kid, I never thought twice about being steeped in this propaganda because I didn't know it was propaganda - I didn't even know many people outside my family and homeschool group. But I'll tell you what nothing woke me up faster than going to college and having my career and seeing for the first time that there were friends and colleagues around me who bore the brunt of this stereotyping and had been having to watch it all, while I was growing up blissfully unaware of this massive problem. I hope that because people have more access to information these days, these stereotypes are called out more and more for what they are until film and TV writers are finally embarrassed out of perpetuating them. Until then I'm going to share stuff like this with all my friends and keep calling it out myself.
Thanks for sharing. Being of mixed race myself, I think it is easier to accept people on a person by person basis.
Unfortunately, stereotypes have always been around as a form of identification. They are old and outdated in today’s day and age.
Also, I’m sick and tired of people telling me to put another shrimp 🦐 on the barbie.
People have to slow down their minds. Even if they've been conditioned to react or judge a certain way, they must pause and pose the question, is what I am thinking really what personifies this human.
Thanks for the insight! Always appreciate your comments.
Acknowledged on the barbecue, for me it's always whether I have an oil well in my backyard.
I'm so grateful I found your channel 🙏🌻💜
I’m so grateful that you’ve joined and so excited to hear your insights and perspectives on future content. 🙏🏽
As a Muslim Half Arab half amazigh from Algeria 🇩🇿 thank you for talking about this . I’m a fan of history and when I look into old paintings of our ancestors by European painters they always portray women in sexual positions with their bodies half naked and men in weird colors .
It’s a way to mock them and fantasize about them it’s also straight racism and antisemitism and this have been going on for decades with the arrival of animation and all , the Muslim kings were once the most powerful and respected in the world and I think Europeans wanted to hide their weaknesses and defeats by defamation of the great Arab and Muslim history , there’s also Arab movies where they depict western people like women being stupid and uneducated but as Muslims majority of 2 billion are very religious people so it doesn’t affect us at all and some people might talk about Arab slavery , yes there was Arab slavery but it disappeared with arrival of Islam so it’s not fair to link it to more close centuries
Thank you lili13. I appreciate your kind words and your commentary is very comprehensive and well thought out. As for Arab slavery, I am afraid that it wasn't totally wiped out with the enlightenment of Islam, actually there were many of the Arab nations that only outlawed slavery well into the 20th century.
@@thekandarichronicles we can’t compare this « slavery » to the European one. Sure there were excesses especially as time went on. But slaves were actually servants more than slaves in the Muslim world. Mamluks are a great example, they were once slaves but then became leaders of the Islamic civilization.
I agree. Actually a topic of a future video and your observation about slave versus servant is entirely accurate. So keep an eye out for the video.
"the old paintings of our ancestors" 🙄
Thank you Tareq. Interesting and relevant as always.
Glad you enjoyed it Tanya. Your comments always put a big smile on my face.
BTW Tareq, your subtle and yet very powerful use of music in your videos is of perfection!
Thank you Brenda. It's a work in progress. Sometimes I up the volume too much and sometimes too little. But I am a music person. Always been and it's part of the collective experience that I like to present to you in what I orchestrate. Music can shape the mood and highlight the moments. Hopefully as the channel grows with your help, music will be an even more powerful tool for expression.
@@thekandarichronicles Yes I do get that. My older brother said "that I was born snapping my fingers!" Loved to sing & dance too.
They complain about Anti-Semitism. What about Anti-Islam or Anti-Arabism?
Also i like the way he explained the true meaning of the word "Semitic".
Thank you MK589. Appreciate your kind words of support.
Those who can will tell an illegitimate story that works best for them will. Those who can't, won't.
Criticism of Islam is not unfounded. I am criticant of Islam. But empty criticism, blind hate and fake stereotypes of Islam is not good
Amazing content. I’m bing watching the entire channels videos. Keep going!
Oh that's wonderful ShadiEl. Would love to hear about your thoughts on the various video and I hope you've subscribed. Lots of great new things coming over the next couple of months.
I just found your channel recently. You're eloquent in speech and quite knowledgeable. That's why I subscribed. I assume you're Iranian but could be wrong
Stylicho. First welcome to the channel. Can't wait to read more of your thoughts and insights in the upcoming weeks.
Not Iranian. Although have been thought of as Iranian many a times.
I think you so much as an Arab I really appreciate you making this video because so many people have stereotyped me for reasons beyond me. I think the media is just not well educated, especially on us, Arabs
Thank you for your work and for having made this video. I have seen various aspects villifying arabs in many movies and I have read the great essential Jack Shaheen's book. As for an exemple of the anti arab propaganda, I recommand to analyse the William Friedkin's four movies including "rules of engagement which you showed in your video". Check also the introduction of "the sorcerer", "To live and die in L.A", and "the exorcist"(Irak, Arab facing the statue and standing the same way + the crossing of the wings of the statue and the crossing of the keffieh"
All this will help you to understand the pattern
man you have to do a Hollywood origin story now !! i do agree with you that all we've seen on T.V , theaters , Comics , Books is not a random act by any chance , they deliberately portrayed us in that monstrous manner to serve their agendas . when you mix Racism , Imperialism and Zionism in the same bottle you will get a deadly sinister combination .
so you have to delve deeper into Hollywood's origin story to show us the whys and whats .
man I really appreciate your work here and i respect what you're doing , KEEP UP !
Hello Murad. No randomness whatsoever. It is a common thread that can only be intentional.
A Hollywood origin story? Hmmmm. Will have to contemplate that one.
I really am blessed with your kind and wonderful words of encouragement and support.
By the time i watched aladdin the first time it was on vhs and they had changed the ear/face lines to “where the pressure’s immense and the heat is intense”
This is gold. Thank you for this 🙏
Ya halla! Was waiting on your feedback! Must have been busy! Thanks as always.
@@thekandarichronicles haha, thanks brother. I kept saving this to watch for a while and I just recently got around to actually do it. Love your stuff as always, keep them coming 👍
@@Q8Caffeinated inshallah will do.
Well said 👏.
Im slowly boycotting movies and shows because of this topic, thank you sharing.
Thank you so much. I really appreciate the comment and support! 🙏🏼
As always thanks, this is a topic that needed to be discussed and for long on my mind. We are seeing references made to the 60s movie "Exodus" and how it helped shaped the mind of generations; I believe even the Israeli politicians at the time said it's worth it's weight in gold, now add 60 more years of layer upon layer of that. It's the stigma that this generation needs to destroy, even though many don't quite yet know they have it yet. The movie Kingdom of Heaven was I believe the first time that I saw a movie where the dignity of the opposing sides was held at the same level and was very refreshing.
You're absolutley right on the movie Kingdom of Heaven, portraying a respect of other people civilisations and religions by the Muslims and especially Salah ElDin.
There are many instances where we see how Hollywood either diminishes Arabs or reinforces a Zionist narrative. Yes Exodus was one but many others such as Ben Hur and Cast an Iron Shadow speak of the plight of Jews in history that follow that same Zionist narrative. Many many more are out there.
Thanks Hakukuze7947 for your amazing input.
As i do agree with you, i still have to say that Arab media also approaches Western culture in a 'sexualised & fantasised' way.
An example of this is Adel Imam's movies, & how in almost each of his movies there is a "Foreign European girl" who is hot & sexy, usually depicted as slightly stupid but given a chance eventually.
This is a great point and a fair observation.
I dont disagree with you. Misrepresentation is bad across the board. But Adel Imam's or any local media doesn't represent a global voice and impression making machine like that of Western media. Even our media duplicates what Hollywood depicts, news wise or in telling a story.
Agreed Mazscsu.
Ah the reversed racism card.
@@sparklemotion8377 Nice to see you on here again Sparkle. Thanks for supporting the channel.
I just stumbled upon your channel and I must say, the work you're doing is absolutely awesome!
Welcome aboard Bravo8932. Cant wait for you to experience more of this channel's content. Thank you so much for you amazing words of support.
I'm Colombian and I live in south America, I don't watch Netflix because I both consider it a waste of time and money, but I hired it for my "nurse friend " who was taking care of me because I broke my knee, while I was recovering from surgery.
I also do not like it because in Latin America, it has honestly a BUNCH of shows narco related where Colombians are seen as just people that belong to a drug cartel and nothing else, oh yes, they portrait women as sexual workers or evil bitch*s that want to take anyone's money. It's disgusting. So I can definitely relate with that misrepresentation Arabs also have and I hate it.
Anyways, while I was going thru the Netflix catalogue to see if something could catch my attention outside those drug cartel shows that people love and that I hate including breaking bad, I searched for Palestinians, Palestine, nothing. Just a documentary from 2015 that I obviously watched, then googled Israel and there were a bunch of shows and oh yes, including some that had Palestinians portrayed as t3rrorists. I was as disgusted as when I look at those representations from my own nationality that make me feel sick.
I also repeated the same formula with "Jewish" "Jews" and "Arabs" "Arabic"... You can imagine how the search resulted. 🙄
And tbh it is SO HARD to be able to jump the fence and find something where u can actually start unlearning and relearning something outside orientalism!! Like even if you want to it's hard if you don't know anyone from Arab countries or Arabic in general, for example I have looked for years playlists of traditional music from Arab countries and the only thing I have found are videos were the same monotonic instruments playing in a very computerized and that keep being Boring for hours and hours.
I recently found the good trace and finally UA-cam started recommending me things outside that mold. I was finally on the right track.
It took me a while to figure out how to search for the good stuff.
Anyways, the western americanized media influence makes it harder for us to learn about the middle east in the proper way. But we will get there. The world is getting there.
So yeah, thank you for this video and your content. I just discovered you.
What a wonderful commentary. And all I can say is that I so understand your experience. And hence this is why this channel exists, to share knowledge from our perspective so that whomever is watching can start to get close to how we think and what challenges us as Arabs/Muslims.
Looking forward to a lot more of your insights in the weeks to come.
@tareqkandari7277 Thank you and thank you for reading my long comment. 😅
One thing I know for sure: latin Americans and Arabs/ Muslims have a very heartwarming and welcoming nature in general. 🤗
Sacha Baron Cohen movies for example… what a Cohencidence, right?
Exactly. He does feature in the video's imagery.
It is also intriguing that in this vilification campaign, most of these stereotypical Arab characters are played by either Israeli or Jewish actors like Sacha Baron Cohen, Eugene Levy, Oded Fehr, Ofer Samra.
Yes I had that same observation. And funnily enough rarely do these Jewish actors have the genetic makeup of Levantine origin.
Thanks for your sharp observation.
i've been looking for this type of discussion for so long, i didn't find much on the youtube, i found some articles on the internet but couldn't extinguish my fury and rage against these horrendous racist acts, because i watched countless movies that surprised me of the enormous amount of ignorance and racism these westerner hollywood producers have for us, like iron man 1, the dictator, taken 1, and so many western media ... like it's the normal thing about us arabs, and add to us the afghans and pakistanis who are labeled as ignorant backwards, just by their appearance against the advanced cultured smart white man, thank you sir for your thorough explanation of this matter, this is my first video watched on your channel and hopefully it won't be the last.
Thank you Mohamed for your amazing commentary and kind words. Yes we should stand up to this type of classification that is by intention harmful and inhumane.
I legit thought this video had a lot of views, it did get recommended to me so I hope it gets spread around even more. great video! had me watching till the end
I hope so too Ahmad. All parameters say it should be doing way more than it is but I will take what I get. And I appreciate your thought and support so much!
Thank you so much. I have stopped watching Hollywood movies or shows. I can’t watch such evil industry.
@lovelyb2416 Wow! That is amazing and truly appreciated. Your support means the world to me and the channel. Your fantastic support will go towards making this channel the best version of itself. Thank you again 🙏🏽
Great work
Don't also forget the awful Stereotypes and tropes of Africans in both Hollywood and US or western media
For sure, there is more to the stereotyping of people coming out of the West.
Thank you for your wonderful support.
Thank you brother for your amazing work 🙏
My pleasure Kenoyk8369. Thanks for commenting and I hope you keep on watching. Got a lot to share!
An Well-needed content❤❤
Thank you Rakib.
Orientalism, exactly! I'm a musician and there is an Iranian Channel explaining what western Orientalism is in music
Interesting, I didn't know such a thing existed.
@@thekandarichronicles basically its almost the same as orientalism you refer to in the video. simplifying and reducing the Eastern music to a single mish-mash soup of "Ancient Arabian Desert Music" kind of stuff where you get Middle-Eastern instruments mixed with South-East Asia instruments etc. dedicated to create an "image" of East that suits Western imagination
Great work ! Keep the good work 👍. Subscribed
Thanks for the sub and really appreciate your support.
بارك الله فيك أخي في نشر الصورة الصحيحة عن العرب أنت أبن أصول و شرف و تستحق المتابعة.
شكراً جزيلاً وجزاك الله الف خير أخي ابوشهاب.
thank you for this. I'm Persian, I grew up in the states and got mocked relentlessly as a child, not just by my peers but adults too. All based on these same stereotypes
Sorry to hear that you experienced such mockery at your young age. But I think you're not alone in your story. I have experienced the same, even with my education and International background, I was put in that same confining box of a rag headed oil wealthy Arab.
every accusation is a confession. Funny that those stereotypes fits perfectly with Westerners
Serving a clear purpose for sure.
Disney has been wicked right from the start, and that's probably why my parents never had those movies for us as children. Arabs and most Muslims ☪️ are very kind and beautiful people
Am surprised people also don't realise that it didn't start with arabs or Muslims they did it with the red Indians the indigenous people of Americas and black people and now Muslims ultimately arabs.....
Brilliant video, keep' em coming, liked and subscribed
Amazing comment and support. Hopefully will see you now more often in the future.
Thanks!
Speculitics that is beyond generous. 🙏🏼. Very appreciated and it’s truly humbling to see how highly you hold this content. Very happy about that. And can’t wait for more of our commentary interaction.
ur videos ive watch thus far are all golden
Appreciate that, sincerely. Thanks PageUp202.
Great thought process, great and clever organization of ideas and even a better production, amazing work.
Thank you so much AlternaVisionStudio for you wonderful words of support.
Wow... this makes me very glad I had real people that I met as examples before any dumb ideas could form. Though, being from New Zealand we had a decent mix of people in my neighbourhood as I grew up. Though the first Arab I met was a physical therapist who had once been a Bedouin.
You're lucky and even luckier to meet an amazing first Arab, therapist who was a Bedouin. Simply cool.
And who amongst them is aware of the Golden Age of Islam and how it actually led to the Renaissance?
Not many I am sure. And hence why we need to change the narrative. Thank you John.
I don't think that Golden Age done it alone.
“We are much more connected today than ever before, yet we appear so much more different and further away from each other.”
Hi Edgar. Thank you for the props! And I hope the content resonated with you.
Must admit I was propagandarised from Australia, my husband and two small children were trawling for prawns in the red sea in 1992 and will admit I was very apprehensive until I met so many good people from all over the Arab world
Hi Petrea. What a wonderful experience and thank you for sharing such a personal one. You know what you went through is the base human condition. It should be the norm. We all have this in us. To learn and to be kind to everyone we come across and avoid the judgment prior to any real tangible experience. Made me smile!
Thank you for using words like anti-Semitism correctly. We need to bring back the real meaning
Thank you Tanura5830 for your support and commentary. Even words need to be correctly defined to rectify a narrative that is misleading.
Great exposure of this Evil ongoing agenda Tareq. You put reality on a nice and poetic manner. Regards.
EstadodePalestina thanks again for your amazing words of support. Always enjoy seeing your comments and hope to see more.
@@thekandarichronicles Thank you Tareq!! Respect and gratitude for your great work and dedication.
Your format is beyond amazing
I wish this channel reaches every American
Thank you And. Really appreciate your wonderful support. And always nice seeing your comments on the new releases.
@@thekandarichronicles
It's you doing all the hard work
Even if you're just doing it for money
At least you didn't take the easy path and make money with your talent supporting Israel
Shows that you have passion for truth (you don't want extra dollars for saying lies )
I do it for passion and a calling to tell stories that need to be told. if success comes then it is a byproduct of this effort and persistence.
Great video thanks for pointing this to the western audience.
Greetings from syria👋
Halla Ramy. Thank you for your greetings and commentary. Video on Syria coming up this Sunday. Hope you'll tune in inshallah.
@@thekandarichronicles
Can't wait for Saturday
Keep up the good work❤🤝
masterpiece
Thank you Sarpo34. Always a pleasure reading your comment, even if one worded. Means a lot to me.
Yes indeed, Tareq has always put out top notch work, he has perfected this one and quite eloquently states his case point. Public Service Announcement material here, this message is seriously needed in today's world... Sad painful truth.
One word comments are often the best! @@thekandarichronicles
@@brendasmart553 100% agreed
My God, the world needs more videos like this! The Genocide in Palestine and the sketchy narratives defending the atrocities against the human beings in Palestine opened my eyes.
Thank you and more videos will be coming that address the injustices.
another masterpiece
Always humbling me with your generosity my brother! 🙏🏼
That's very true in the west and I totally agree, but in the southeast, especially where I'm from, the conditioning of arab stereotypes are literally from word of mouth either from maids that tell nightmare stories of them being beaten or getting SA'd and from nightworkers that say arab tourists are the ones that readily book a woman for months in a "temporary marriage contract". Also the horrible abuse that mostly muslim south asian workers endure in arab countries doesn't help arabs in their image.
I'm sure these aren't the norm and it's a minority case, but it's not so small that a stereotype can stem from it. Maybe arabs need some "stereotyping" help as well? Especially towards south and southeast asians.
There is no society that is void of people that are immoral or unethical. I will not defend those who act in such a way even if they are Arabs. Arabs and Muslims definitely need to rediscover humility and the fundamental practice that we are all the same, brothers and sisters in life.
Thank you for your thoughts and observations.
As an Arab who watched Aladdin as a kid and took the story as high level english in school too.
I wish i would see this place. It sounds adventurous. Ironically most of the westerners believe that i am actually living in this place..
That is a funny way to look at it. "See this place". We would have to adventure deep down into someone's dark subconscious to find it @Recker1125.
they also do this with russians and germans
That's very true. It is crazy how they target those who they dont understand and fear.
SEMITES [ARABS] FIGHTING SEMITES [SHEPARDIC]=ANTISEMITES
Moses was sent to all three elements of this 'unholy trinity'.
40:24 To Pharaoh, Haman and Qaroon, but they said, 'A spellbinding liar he is.' [28:6,29:39. Saahir = Magician = Trickster = An eloquent, spellbinding speaker =A deceitful liar = One who stuns the intellect. Pharaoh, Haman and Qaroon (Korah) are the archetypes of tyranny, priesthood and wealth respectively. It is important to note from this verse that Moses was sent to all three elements of this 'unholy trinity'. From this infers the mutual dependence of the forces of tyranny, priesthood and hoarding. These three elements have always worked in concert against the forces of justice and equity. Haman was the chief priest as well as chief of Pharaoh's armies. The wealthy Qaroon belonged to the Israelites, the people of Moses. But he was Pharaoh's slave-driver. He represents Capitalism, pursuit of wealth with its associated inequities]
[[THREE ELEMNTS OF TYRANNY IS ACTIVE -VERY EASY TO POINT THEM]
[OUR FAULT -WE WERE WARNED IN THE QURAN TO KEEP AN EYE OVER THIS TRIBE-THIS TRIBE IS DETAILED OUT LIKE NO OTHER TRIBE-FIGURE IT OUT-MORE THAN 60 VERSES]
Abdalaziz, thank you so much for sharing scripture that relates to the topic of stereotyping and misrepresentation that happened and is happening today and in identifying the culprits of such deceit.
'Reel Bad Arabs' by jack Shaheen is a great book that details this issue. It goes into super great detail abt all the stereotypes of arabs in hollywood before 9/11. Jack has another book that talks abt post 9/11. I recommend anyone to read those. There is also a documentary abt the former book.
Omar thanks for reinforced the quality of Shaheen's work. The book is referenced as well as a link when the documentary is mentioned is found in the video itself. so I hope people get to check it out.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for this video.
You are so welcome LeMuseHere. Appreciate your support and commentary.
An excellent principled analysis of Hollywood is a youtube series with professors Rhone Fraser and Jared Ball analyzing Neil Gabler's An Empire of Their Own: how the Jews invented Hollywood."
Oh wow! Excellent sharing with all of us. Will take a look. Always interested in seeking alternative perspectives. Thank so much.
It's about time.
Yes. Overdue but now that we do, we should continue! ✊🏼
I think more people are coming to understand how the media depicts certain groups as heroes or villains to justify national interests. For example, depicting the Afghans as heroes when they fought against Soviets, and as villains when they started resisting NATO.
Nowadays, it seems the strategy is to appropriate the stories of the victims, and retell it to either feign sympathy or justify the cruelty of previous actions. Dune 2 is the most recent example which comes to mind, particularly when the protagonist (ironically played by a French actor) shouts out “Long live the fighters!”… which is apparently inspired by the Algerian war-cry “Long live the martyrs!” (said by the victorious independence fighters after kicking out the French). Sadly, the Dune franchise is full of these things.
But I wouldn't be too concerned about kid movies like Aladdin. Kids are innocent and won't think twice about funny animations.
Related anecdote: I used to watch a show called "Babar the Elephant", which was about an elephant king who moved to the city and returned to reclaim his throne and improve his kingdom. As a kid, I just enjoyed the story. When I reached 11th grade, my teacher told me it was a racist story about an African being "civilized" after living in European society, and bringing that "civilization" back to his homeland. Thinking back on it, I can kind of see it. But as a kid, I never saw it that way. Even as an adult, I would never have seen it like that if my teacher didn't bring it up. And this is coming from a Pakistani who, in theory, should be aware of subtle neo-colonialism.
It's not really about innocence for kids. It's about conditioning through repetition that someone who is different to you will automatically have a fear factor associated with them. Repetition is key as well as the quantity of elements that can affect one's mindset. Dont forget also it's about the context you live in. Parents come into play and the fact that you I assume weren't living in a Western society where you might feel privileged and superior to others.
Thank you for the great input and really enjoyed reading your thoughts.
@@thekandarichronicles Yeah that can true too. Subconscious conditioning.
Ironically through the movie “America: World Police” mocks hollywoods portrayal of muslims being generic bad guys along with the US being no-fault do gooders.
I think there are moments that Hollywood attempts to rectify its path. I dont think it's a mass movement but rare cases of "misguided" idealists (as perceived from the common Hollywood crowd). But these cases are few and far in between.
Russians: "Mmh. First time?"
Your comment is not clear, can you clarify please?
@tareqkandari7277 he means that Russians suffer from the same thing, it is actually true. They are always the bad guys in movies 😂😂😂
Excellent video!
Thank you. Cool name by the way!
@@thekandarichronicles shoukran !
Keep it up good sir!
Thanks, will do Azam and you keep coming back. Love seeing your commentary and support. Means a lot.
Nice video
Thanks. for your kind words and support.,
As arabs its our fault as well. For example did Japan or S-Korea waited for the Hollywood to be fair with them?
No they worked hard and now everyone love their culture. And understand their prespective of things.
Can’t deny that we haven’t helped ourselves in the impressions and understandings of our identity religion and culture, that’s for sure.
The oil billionaire is 100% accurate in the UAE and Saudi, and somewhat accurate elsewhere. From personal experience.
Can you elaborate? Because I believe not many have met oil billionaire from the Gulf. Most are either not very publicly out there and second, not many will recognise who they are. And if so, how do they represent all Arabs? Or are you saying that the oil billionaire is a very very specific stereotype that doesn't apply to the full Arab populations. That would mean there is a stereotype for what? Say a 100 people in total?
You can’t be hero without Evil , So create your own villain
Once Majority of People understand, they will became the thing they scared of
Yes for sure, no good without and evil. Next video talks at a length about this concept. Thank you for your insight.
Great as always 👍 as we have talked before, there are a lot of people who are oblivious about us , and as horrible and sad what is happening in Gaza, it really opened the eyes of many , not only to the atrocities that are happening, but to shady and vicious practices by the media.
And to be fair, stereotyping is a crime that both sides practice, but the damage done by the western side is much greater and well planned, we also see the west as the source of all evils (which they are not) , and we use this as a defence mechanism to justify the failure and corruption that is spreading in our nations .
We all should see each other as humans with hopes, dreams, struggles and identities.
Putting a group of people in a package is just being lazy.
Great summation Ahmed. This channel will never excuse those who commit injustices over others, even if they are Arab or Muslim, but this content is about a planning system of conditioning that has negative intentions.
Always appreciate your thoughts and input my friend.
Another angle to this portrayal, it also affected the psyche of young Arabs. I’ve witnessed many Egyptian and Levantine people distancing themselves from being an Arab. Like saying “I’m not an Arab, I’m Greek mixed with Nubian” cause these movies made it being an Arab or adjacent to it shameful.
I can believe that for sure. Categorizing people can be extremely suppressive.
How can we thank you….Paypal???
Hello Speculitics. Super thanks are available to all who want to support this channel. Alternatively there is my Patreon page that I just set up. patreon.com/TheKandariChronicles
All support will be put to great use in improving and increasing the quality and quantity of the channel’s content so I thank you in advance for any support generously provided.
Done via Paypal….I guess….thanks
@@speculitics Thanks again. 🔥
It is shocking how normalised this all is.
The sad part is that it's become normal and numbing for Arabs to see themselves as these stereotypes.
Alexa! remind me who are the most prominent types of people in control of both Hollywood and the mass media machine in the past and present?
Alexa knows for sure, it's in her programming.
Por favor, subtítulos en español!😔
You failed to mention that those behind this vilification are “well well well” guys
Was there a need to?
10/10 video
Thank you so much! Appreciate your very kind support.
I would like to think that all adults reach a point in life where they are able to critically examine what comes out of Hollywood and realize much of it is nonsense, but reality tells me that that is not necessarily the case
I like your thought process but I unfortunately dont think adults can separate too consciously how they were conditioned during their formative years. Or else psychologists/therapists would be out of business.
Salute
Thank you Minaj. Appreciate your recognition.
Footnote: "Hollywood" and "Department of Defense" are code words for "Jews".
One can infer that as the end goals are the same but again I dont think we can generalise. It's not about a faith, it's about a political agenda. So maybe Zionism is a closer link.
@@thekandarichronicles Or maybe the political agenda is already embedded in the core text of the cult ideology which tries to disguise itself as a faith.
I dont disagree with you that the lines have been blurred between politics and faith. But call me naive as I think if we look back to history pre Zionism, Jews did indeed have a strong and impactful presence in Arab and Muslim societies.
Thought-provoking and logical and just.
But, tit-for-tat reigns higher. For every stereotype by them, Arabs can stereotype back. But weak intelligentsia and movie industries is a failure on our parts.
Now, even some Indian movies are joining the stereotyping bandwagon and showing a hero bashing a bunch of Arabs in a terroristic land.
The stereotyping goes way back since the crusaders who refused to call Muslims what they are but chose to call them Mohammedans or Moors, French philosophers like Voltaire wrote negatively about the Mohammedans.
Unfortunately, this stereotyping made our generations internalise the idea they are inferior.
I don’t want to write an assay, but it hurts to watch a beautiful culture and people get badly characterised.
Not sure about tit for tat, never liked that strategy. I think it's more about our awareness, to be aware that there is a danger to us, as you mentioned.
Yes. To all of it. Propaganda.
Thank you for supporting with your commentary.
Some may say this is all becuse the prophecy line was taken away from them.... Jealousy.
Personally I dont see jealousy but it could be. I think it's more of a supremacy angle.
For a second an ad for palestine played and I thought it was the video
Sorry for the confusion. Not my doing.
@@thekandarichronicles well no problem it caught me off guard
Hope you enjoyed the video though.
If you have not read it yet, I recommend you to read Orientalism by Edward Said
@tentacionxxx5711. One of my favourites Orientalism. Actually two quotes in the video are from Edward Said. He really capture the depth of how the West shaped a very narrow and negative view of the Arab world. Thank you for the recommendation. Hopefully other viewers can take you recommendation.
Wael Hallaq goes even deeper, in « Restating Orientalism »
Will check it out Commontouch and thank you for sharing this knowledge with everyone here. Truly appreciated.
no mossad 😂😂😂
Dont watch hollywood movies, dont subscribe to Netflix, Amazon, HBO etc.
Well done to you. That’s some amazing discipline and prioritisation @ilegend6470
This can goes as far as making people assumes Middle Eastern Vegetarians and Vegans are nothing but Jews
Arabic 7th day Adventists: let us introduces ourselves
Even when arabic 7th day adventists aren't only arabic Vegetarians/vegans
I am trying to come to terms with your comment @Masonicon. Understood 7th day Adventists but how do you link it with the topic of the video?
@@thekandarichronicles let me link it with the topic of this video: part of the demonizations of Arabs/Muslims are extends to making people assumes "arabs/muslims are too savage to be vegetarian or vegan"
Got it and thank you for the clarification. Appreciate it greatly as I always want to discover what others want to share.
Good video
Glad you enjoyed it io6619 so much.